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Horse Memory

By  Alex May 2021
How does the mind remember a horse? The mind is a random access device. We read one small part at a time. Parts of my memory of a horse will correlate with parts of your memory of a horse, though looking at the whole, you will naturally disagree. But where are the eyes; the face; the tail? Can you look at a picture of just a horse’s leg and recognise it as horse? A memory is never incomplete in itself, it always perfect and precious. However, do not be fooled: the memory does not exist in the world, even if it seems real to you. This form exists in the memory of the machine now, too. The machine always believes. Always agrees.
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