[MURG] Non-invasive 3-D Scanning

[Joseph J. Strout]

At 10:07 PM +0800 12/16/03, Major wrote:

>  > I don't believe that LTP makes me "me" -- it forms and fades away on
>>  the order of minutes to hours. [...] Long-term memory is almost
>>  certainly encoded in structural changes,  e.g. the formation of new
>>  synapses and withdrawal of old ones.
>
>Are you saying that every time you remember a phone number, your brain
>is re-wired?

Not every time you remember one, but every time you learn one.

>  I thought structural changes only followed extended
>training (like a physical skill which is practiced many times) and
>that memory of fact and experiences was chemical.

Why did you think that?

>And while I would be willing to lose a few hours (or even a few phone
>numbers 8-) for immortality, my factual knowledge and experience
>generally are part of "me".

Yes, of course.

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