I
recently read the published findings by neurophysiologists on tests and
experiments they ran on human memory on the brain’s function in recalling the
neuron which contains a specific memory and how in the mechanics of the brain
the neuron didn’t contain the events as they actually happened. It had nothing
to do with externalities, sensory perception or even that the event was so
horrific the individual didn’t remember the event in such a way as an act of
self-preservation. Although these do influence memory the findings revealed
that the brain is not wired in such a way that the memory is recalled on a
functional level as it transpired as this is not how the brain works. When a
neuron was mapped during a specific event and later that neuron was stimulated
to recall the event the memory was incorrect, inaccurate or at best incomplete
about the events that occurred as documented on film with regards to what
actually happened. The argument was mainly to point out that eye witness
accounts should not be allowed in a court room as they are not reliable simply
because brain functions do not work in such a way as to accurately recall any
event. I walked away once more confident to say our thoughts are not real, there
is no justification for using one’s mindset to bludgeon with the condemnation
of absolutes other people’s differences when one is physiologically incapable
of knowing the truth about anything.
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