If memory is the foundation of our identity, does that mean if we forget something, even something small like the plot of a game or something, a small part of us dies? As memories define our identity.
No. There's a lot of reasons why but TL;DR the impression (or lack thereof) something left on our psyche will remain even if we can't recall it.If memory is the foundation of our identity, does that mean if we forget something, even something small like the plot of a game or something, a small part of us dies? As memories define our identity.
Define "genetic memory"does genetic memory count?
If you get reminded of something you long forgot does that make you part zombie?If memory is the foundation of our identity, does that mean if we forget something, even something small like the plot of a game or something, a small part of us dies? As memories define our identity.
Define "genetic memory"
In psychology, genetic memory is a memory present at birth that exists in the absence of sensory experience, and is incorporated into the genome over long spans of time.[1] It is based on the idea that common experiences of a species become incorporated into its genetic code, not by a Lamarckian process that encodes specific memories but by a much vaguer tendency to encode a readiness to respond in certain ways to certain stimuli.
Technically, once something's in long-term memory you can't actually forget it. Your ability to recall something will decrease with time but the memory is still stored and can be recalled.If you get reminded of something you long forgot does that make you part zombie?
I ask because some people thing genetic memory is the passing down of autobiographical memories through the genome (ala Assassin's Creed). What the article is describing is basically just inherited instincts.