ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86

[Monte Davis]

bekah wrote:

>
> I have to think about the whole issue of memory of a memory -  circles 
> within circles,  courtyards within courtyards.

A cognitive scientist would say that *all* memories, over time, 
inevitably become memories of memories: that there's no original record 
"on file"... that small changes creep in every time you re-create the 
cognitive/emotional state... and that after some years what you're 
re-creating is mostly previous re-creations.

We're most aware of it when, say, we speak of a vivid memory from early 
childhood and our parents say "Huh?! it wasn't like that at all!" -- but 
it goes on all the time. I choose to ignore the creepier  implications 
:-) and be impressed by how well it works most of the time.
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