Hi Moose,
I think your perception of the process is more accurate than mine. I have
also "put in a request" for a name, while conversing with my wife about
early experiences that we shared, and the name came to me some time later.
Conditioning can also contribute to some of this. I grew up in one
location, up though high school. My wife, on the other hand, spent her
early childhood and early school years, on the road, moving a couple of
times each year. While I learned the names of almost everyone in our small
town (where she finally settled), she saw no reason to learn names, other
than relatives, because she felt she would never cross their paths again.
That habit still makes it difficult for her to recall names.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] The E-M5 has arrived
> On 1/19/2013 12:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Thanks, Jim. I think you're correct about new stuff pushing out the old
>> (along with some of the new).
>
> It seems more subtle and complex to me. It seems more like the filing and
> access system gets more and more loaded;
> perhaps more needs to be in slower access, long term storage.
>
> Example. A few months ago, I drove past the turn off to the area where an
> old friend and sometime employee lived. "Oh,
> that's where Bill lived." But not a clue what his last name was. I
> submitted a request to long term storage retrieval. I
> can't remember how long it was, but at some point, his last name just
> popped up.
>
> Doesn't work for everything, but I've been pleased with how often it works
> for me. Just "submit a request", no pressure,
> no hurry, and most of the time, I get the info, sometimes in a couple of
> minutes, sometimes longer. Still wondering if I
> will ever remember another, more recent person's last name, though. Some
> stuff does seem to have got lost.
>
> That's for simple facts. I've read a theory that what we store of more
> complex memories is a precis, and that when we
> "remember" that meeting, family gathering, etc., we just retrieve an
> outline of high points and feelings, and recreate a
> fuller "memory".
>
> Not hard to believe. I recall family gatherings where all of us talked
> about long ago events. Much of the detail varied
> a great deal among us.
>
> Remember? Moose
>
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