2 November 2005 - forgetfulness

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How do we reconcile that forgetfulness is forever, but that ignorance is curable? The solution is that forgetting is instantaneous; complete memories are usually reconstructions from vague information. But it’s OK; because of perceptual processing time, we have to live in the past anyway.

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