Eli5: Are memories something physical inside my brain, like something written on a Hard Drive or ink on a piece of paper?

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Eli5: Are memories something physical inside my brain, like something written on a Hard Drive or ink on a piece of paper?

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Answer 1

It’s both physical and non-physical. If you were to arrange stones into the shape of the letter “A”, the letter “A” is both physical and not physical. The arrangement of stones is physical, but the subjective feeling and perception of understanding the letter “A” is not physical.

The same applies to memories.