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* Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.
* A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.
* Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: “Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life.”
— Ralph W. Emerson
2012.02.14 Tuesday ACHK
Hyperthymesia, also known as piking or hyperthymestic syndrome is a condition in which the individual possesses a superior autobiographical memory, meaning they can recall the vast majority of personal experiences and events in their lives.
Defining characteristics
Individuals with hyperthymesia can recall almost every day of their lives in near perfect detail, as well as public events that hold some personal significance to them. Those affected describe their memories as uncontrollable associations, when they encounter a date, they “see” a vivid depiction of that day in their heads. Recollection occurs without hesitation or conscious effort.
It is important to draw a distinction between those with hyperthymesia and those with other forms of exceptional memory, who generally use mnemonic or similar rehearsal strategies to memorise long strings of subjective information.
— Wikipedia on Hyperthymesia
2012.02.02 Thursday ACHK
BBC Brain Story, 2
… and I’d go on to explain that much of what we take to be memory loss has other explanations.
For instance, as our values change with age, we often don’t care about certain things to the degree we used to, and we therefore don’t pay much attention to them anymore. The “memory problems” of the elderly are often simply due to the fact that they haven’t noted something that they find rather uninteresting.
— Ellen Langer
2011.11.25 Friday ACHK
這段改編自 2010 年 5 月 18 日的對話。
Photographic memory（過目不忘）非常重要。
當年（2007），我重返大學讀物理碩士。第一科是一科數學科目。那科非常深。曾經有一份功課的題目，深到即使我對著筆記，也近乎完全看不明白。於是，我唯有暫停該份功課。那天是星期六。我花了當天的一整天，先把那份筆記的數十頁內容，都全部背誦下來。星期日，我才再開始嘗試做那一份功課。
我發現，背了整份筆記後，我開始明白那些功課問題的意思，從而可以嘗試解答它們。最後，那份功課我大概奪得一半的分數。如果我不是靈機一觸，想到用「把整份筆記也背下來」這個方法的話，我就一分也拿不到。
為什麼對著筆記逐頁閱讀就看不明題目，而背了整份筆記就可以呢？
有些題目之所以深，是它要求你同時察覺和運用到（例如）七個要點。但是，如果你只憑逐頁閱讀筆記，你在同一刻只能閱讀到一頁。而一頁之中又可能只有（例如）三個要點。更壞的情況是，功課題目所要求的那七個要點，原來散佈在筆記中的（例如）第一、第十、第十七 和 第二十三頁中。那樣，那七個要點就近乎沒有機會，在你的思考中同時出現。
把整份筆記（之中的要點）都背誦下來，方能化解這個問題。所以，photographic memory 非常重要。
— Me@2011.11.17
2011.11.17 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Themes
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Memory, time, and technology
“Cole has been thrust from another world into ours and he’s confronted by the confusion we live in, which most people somehow accept as normal. So he appears abnormal, and what’s happening around him seems random and weird. Is he mad or are we?”
— Director Terry Gilliam
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12 Monkeys studies the subjective nature of memories and their effect upon perceptions of reality. Examples of false memories include:
* Cole’s recollection of the airport shooting which is altered each time he has a dream.
* A “mentally divergent” man at the asylum who has false memories.
* Railly telling Cole “I remember you like this” when a barely recognizable Cole and Railly are seen in disguise for the first time.
References to time, time travel, and monkeys are scattered throughout the film, including the Woody Woodpecker “Time Tunnel” cartoon playing on the TV in a hotel room, The Marx Brothers movie Monkey Business (1931) on TV in the asylum and the subplots of monkeys (drug testing, news stories and animal rights). The film is also a study of modern civilization’s declining efforts to communicate with each other due to the interference of technology.
– Wikipedia on 12 Monkeys
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2011.01.23 Sunday ACHK
Cumulative concept of time, 8
Since my present-self have the memory of my younger self, my younger self is part of my present-self.
1. What is the meaning of the “same” file?
If two files contain exactly the same data, they are the “same” file.
2. Memory is the definition of identity.
Since I have the memory of my younger self, I am the same person as my younger self. Moreover, since I have more memory than my younger self, I am more than my younger self. My younger self is part of me.
3. If I am a book, my younger self is like the one with fewer chapters:
younger self ~ chapter 1,2,3
older self ~ chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6
— Me@2011.07.10
— Me@2011.08.04
2011.08.04 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
這段改編自 2010 年 5 月 12 日的對話。
我先講一講一個讀書技巧。你在溫習時，要有「photographic memory」（全像記憶），意思是「過目不忘」。例如，這本物理教科書共有 300 多頁。你要做到每一頁的內容也清晰記得。
這個方法是我的「讀書秘技」。它是我在 27 歲時發現的。那時，我終於明白，為何我當年高考時，那麼勤力也拿不到 A 級成績。你現在還有一年時間才高考，如果可以訓練到自己有 photographic memory 的話，你就不會有同樣的遺憾。
聽下去好像很神奇，怎可能做到「數百頁中的每一頁也記得」呢？
只要你跟著以下的步驟便行。
— Me@2011.06.30
2011.06.30 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
電腦輪迴觀 3 C
如果「輪迴」屬實，整個人生就會好像《凶心人》的劇情。
大部人不知做人為何。只怪他們失去了前生的記憶。
研讀歷史，可以減輕病情。
– Me@2011.02.15
2011.02.17 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
電腦輪迴觀 3 E
Reincarnation is a process of “Memento”.
If reincarnation does exist, the cause of most people do not know the meaning of life is that they have forgotten what has happened before their current lives.
Studying history is a good way to reduce this problem.
– Me@2011.02.15
2011.02.17 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Physics and Love 2
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What can you take when you die?
Your Love and your Physics.
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1. Do recite the important parts so that you can keep your research after this life.
2. Write as much and as good as I can so that I can save the materials in humanity so that I can get them back when I come back.
– Me@2008.05.03
– Me@2011.02.15
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2011.02.17 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
written and directed by Christopher Nolan
Memento（凶心人），有關「遺忘症」。整套電影倒轉播，令觀眾體會到主角「沒有新記憶」的感受。
– Me@2010.08.05
2011.02.17 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK
Themes
Memory, time, and technology
“Cole has been thrust from another world into ours and he’s confronted by the confusion we live in, which most people somehow accept as normal. So he appears abnormal, and what’s happening around him seems random and weird. Is he mad or are we?”
— Director Terry Gilliam
— Wikipedia on 12 Monkeys
2011.01.23 Sunday ACHK
Physics Town 