Re: memory and improvisation

[jim palmer <jimp@pobox.com>]

> I keep reading this and dont get the point... is it about the other 9 
>dogs?
> 
>           ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org
> 

that's just because i can't explain anything...
i just thought it was an interesting and humorous view of how memory 
works. 

the ball is the thing you want to remember
and the dogs are the subconscious part of your memory system.
the woods are your foggy memory.

i am reminded of this everytime i am trying to remember someones name.
sometimes i think it's the dog's yapping that keeps me from finding it 
myself...
there they are standing and waiting for me to remember and all i come up 
with is "arfff-arff"
someday i'll probably say it out loud...

....

> >i heard of a theory of memory where it acts like a pack of ten dogs.
> >you send the dogs out looking for the ball and they run out into
> >the woods, here and there, until one happily comes running back with it.
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