Why do we retain memories if all of our cells replace themselves after a small amount of years?
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i think of my brain like a computer, if i can’t remember something i literally say out load “little man go fetch” and imagine a mario type of fella running up the corridor of my brain – the trick is to let him do his stuff snd stop thinking about it- in no time at all what ever u were trying to think of pops into yr head !!!
Memories aren’t in cells. They’re passed around in synapses and electronic pulses like trains moving around on train tracks. The tracks need replacing every few years, and there are some old trains still around, but more new ones – really old trains are taken off the tracks.
Memory is based on structure, not material. When you follow instructions to build an Ikea shelf, it doesn’t matter whether you use one screw or replace it with another(same) screw, you build the same shelf. Heck the instructions themselves, it doesn’t matter what they’re printed on! It’s the information that matters.
Our brains, as close as we’ve been able to investigate, are the *substrate* of consciousness. They’re not the consciousness itself.
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