On Sunday, April 27, 2014 12:15:34 AM UTC+1, Brent wrote: > > On 4/26/2014 1:43 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > In the arithmetical reality there are two kinds of place we can access, > those where we keep our memories, and those where we don't. Both are > infinite in numbers, but have different relative measure. > Apparently (salvia reports) we can abandon all memories, and then retrieve > them. How can we be sure we retrieve the correct one? > > > Suppose you retrieved the wrong ones, say mine. You would presumably > feel, "I remember racing motorcycles, but that's not the sort of thing I'd > like to do. I'm not even sure I know how to do it." This is probably the > feeling of people who have multiple personalities when they are able to > remember what they did when their other personality was in charge. > > Notice that this is a reason to consider the material body more > fundamental than consciousness. > > Brent > It might not be relevant but recovered memory syndrome was thrown out a long time ago, multiple personalities also. MP didn't do a lot of harm, but recovered memories left human wreckage wherever it went. It was largely debunked due to suggestion by the therapist, which broke down in two ways - basically unrealised, and deliberate...which was probably a criminal offense but I forget. The legacy of the fraudulent side is nothing but human wreckage., But the legacy of the other side had a part in some really far reaching research developments that has seen major revisions of things like, techniques police interrogators are allowed to use, value of a confession without independent evidence, and so on. Disclaimer: I'm going from memory and there is a possibility I make a mistake in making this connection. But I think I'm right. I'm right about the two deelopements either end,
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