Memory is extremely important in defining who we are as human beings. We, as far as i know, have the best memory of any species on the planet. Afterall, we are at the top of the food chain, primarily. We can learn, teach, just about do anything. And memory is absolutely essential to human life as we know it. If we didn't have memory, we wouldnt be able to enjoy life as we know it. We wouldnt be able to do anything, to survive. We would miss out on tons of things, from love to heartbreak. All things i feel are absolutely necessary to experience in life. And without memory, we would have NO experiences. Clive Wearing doesn't know who he is. He doesn't have any memory of eating or anything. He basically doesn't know hes alive. His wife is very patient with him, she stays with him and acts calm and normal. Which i by the way think is absolutely amazing, it just shows how powerful a thing love is. I honestly don't know if i could handle it. I mean, i'm somone who does love people very much when i do love somebody. But with someone like that, it would be like not having my girlfriend or wife or whatever anymore. I honestly don't think I could do it.
And yeah, i think i think memory works differently now than i did before, just like everything i learn about in this class. And yeah i see my memories a little bit differently now, to be honest lets just say i definately don't trust them as much as i used to. And i really think the "eye witness" thing i did definately proves this. I thought that guy looked exactly like the guy on the roof. But he wasn't, and thats scary because literally two minutes before i guessed the number i watched the video. The thing i found most interesting that i learned is how emotions affect our memory. If we're excited, we feel it and our brain knows that something important has happened. I think this is important and can be applied to my life because, come on, all teenagers go through so much different emotions that obviously it's going to greatly affect our memories. At our age, i think this is more relevant to our lives than ever.
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Human for sure have the best memory above all species on this Earth. I agree that without memory we would not be able to experience the things we do today. For example, getting a good education, important events, and love are all different things memory enhances! In that video, I couldn't tell between two guys and it turns out neither were right.
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