Conference 7.286::digital

    re -.1
    
           Vaguely remember having taken this some time ago, but for
    the life of me I can't recall most of the techniques presented.  ;-)

Quick, sign me up.  I left my car running and I need to find my keys...

    
    Enough, already!  If God had meant for man to remember loads of info,
    he wouldn't have given us Post-It notes, now would he?
    
    					Brent

>    Enough, already!  If God had meant for man to remember loads of info,
>    he wouldn't have given us Post-It notes, now would he?

    If man was meant to walk, the automobile would not have been invented
    
    ...petri
    

Could that help me to remember people's names ;-). That would be worth of
$400.

--Ritva

    I attended this course last November. 
    
    I recommend it.
    
    tony

    
>    I attended this course last November. 
>    
>    I recommend it.
>    
>    tony
    
    (You forgot to capitalize your name, Tony)   ;^]  Brent

    the older people get the more they will forget and no course will
    change that so be carfull if a course claims to improve your memory
    becuase it is a matter of bilogy and nothing you can do about it except
    may be eating more vitamin C and other water soylable vitamins and
    herbs and such.
    
    \nasser

re: .-1

I thought I heard that before, ... somewhere ...

    
              -< no course can fight the aging process in humans >-
    
    Actually, it can.   Many head trauma victims suffer memory loss
    in varying degrees.  In some cases there are very specific deficits to
    memory called aphasias.  Rehabilitstion centres use memory improvement
    therapies to help sufferers cope.  These same courses of therapy
    have been used to alleviate memory deficits associated with aging
    or alzheimers disease.
    
    The basics of the couses are the same as you would find in these mind
    improvement courses - most of them are described in any basic
    psychology textbook, which can be had for a lot less than $400.
    
    The noter here who had trouble with names and faces would
    probably benefit from the same strategy used to assist someone
    suffering from nominal aphasia - the associative method, which
    is mentioned in the course outline.
    
    It must work - I remembered all this stuff from Neuropsychology
    classes all those years ago....... ;-)
    
    Colin
    
    
      

    Or for $10 or so, you could just buy Tony's book "Use your perfect
    memory". I got it, I just keep forgetting to read it! ;-)
    
    Harry
    

    re: .8
    \nasser is absolutely incorrect in what he said about age.
    
    Attending the course mentioned in this string would provide all the
    evidence one needs to verify this statement.
    
    tony
    (who frequently does not capitalized his name... for personal reasons)

    .12
    
    >re: .8
    >\nasser is absolutely incorrect in what he said about age.
    
    oh yea?
    
    well, i stand by what i said fully and square.
    
    so what you have to say now?
    
    \nasser
    
    

    re: .8 & .12

    Are the two of you as self-righteous and angry as your writing 
    sounds to some of us?  Have you ever heard of probability and 
    conditionals?

    At least, in .8, \nasser uses a "maybe" ... he allows for the
    possibility that something might be able to retard the aging
    process ... but, the rest of the note gives me the impression 
    that \nasser believes that memory is a talent that can't be 
    developed.  We're able to improve and fine-tune our other 
    attributes.  We can learn to run faster, to reason more
    effectively, to be kinder to each other.  Might we not be able 
    to learn to use our memories better as well?

    My problem with .12 is the phrase "absolutely incorrect."  I 
    agree that \nasser is probably incorrect in what he's written.
    The inferences that I derive from the words and phrasing that 
    he's chosen don't "ring true" to me either.  Nevertheless, we 
    have no way to be so certain of the "absolute" incorrectness of 
    his words.

    The "laws of science" are statements of extremely high
    probabilities.  Few useful programs can be written without using
    conditionals.  When you write in certainty and absolutes, that's 
    what I read.  The moment that I think of a counter-example to 
    your words, I have a tendency to reject your argument as ill- 
    conceived.  It's hard to believe that I am alone in that 
    tendency.

    Consider the possibility that, instead of someone's words being 
    wrong, some words may be missing ... and add them.  From that 
    sort of discussion and debate, we usually create new ideas and 
    possibilities ... ideas and possibilities that could be the 
    future of the world.

    Terry

    The story is told that Albert Einstein was asked for his phone
    number by a friend.  Mr. Einstein, the story goes, proceeded to look
    up his phone number in the telephone directory.  His friend was
    amazed that this respected intellectual did not know his own
    phone number and expressed surprise.  Mr. Einstein replied
    that he did not want to encumber his busy mind with trivial 
    information that can easily be retrieved from other places!
    
    Perhaps Albert had the best idea: don't carry it around in your
    memory - just keep a good inventory of pointers...
    
    /George
    
    

re .14

Terry,

   \nasser is just a pseudonym of Dave Barry. Dave somehow has access to this
   notes file and contributes random bits of disruptive humor. To understand
   this is detail, do a DIR/all/author=abassi and see for yourself.

--RS

      re .16

      >>> \nasser is just a pseudonym of Dave Barry. 

          Thanks for the info.  I'm quite surprised.  Dave is much
          funnier in his syndicated column.

      Terry

 >         Thanks for the info.  I'm quite surprised.  Dave is much
 >         funnier in his syndicated column.

That's because Dave gets paid big bucks for syndication.  Here, he
is a morale booster. :*)

Kinda reminds me of the rumor I heard from a guy majoring in 
Radio-TV-Film back in college ... The Beatles were a creation of the 
CIA (or FBI) to take the younger generation's mind off the JFK 
assasination.

(... and no, the student was too young to have been Oliver Stone...)

    Whew, I was glad to find out it was Barry. I was almost feeling sorry
    for the uninformed    /nasser