http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/joey-degrandis-has-an-extremely-detailed-autobiographical-memory/story-fnpjxnqt-1227466538818
Joey Degrandis is one of the 60 people in the world to be diagnosed with an extremely unique and rare condition. Hyperthymesia. This is a condition in which Joey is able to recall from memory eveyrhting that happened in his life in extreme detail, he has an extremely detailed autobiography of his life planted in his own memory as for e.g. he knows what he did exactly on a certain day 12 years ago.
This is a rather weird disease and is considered to be a human superpower in a way. We can infer so much information from this but what I can takeaway most from this is that to what extent can we consider memory to be a reliable way of knowledge?.
In my opinion, I definitely consider memory to be a rather weak way of knowing because aside from the people with that condition, we can never really know something in true detail when we use our memory to recall from the past. We can use the human sciences here and bring in psychology as normally we remember some things and then there are other things that our brains just forget.
Memory has been known for being a way of knowing that can fluctuate. Psychologically, if we aren't in the best state of mind or in the best mood then one's memory tends to be off point as it is something I have experienced myself. When our minds work well then therefore our memory works well do. I feel that memory is not exactly the most effective way of knowing and that there have to be many things that fall in place such as having a good mood, time of day, activity we are doing etc as all of these factors help in contributing to how good our memory can be in the moment.
From an article that I saw a long time ago (cannot find the link), it said that police officers biggest issue to solving crimes was trying to get eye witnesses to give them as much information possible as several officers stated that a lot of the time eye witnesses couldn't remember details effectively. This helps show that memory isn't the strongest way to know and can be a liability in the most crucial of circumstances such as a murder cases.
Joey Degrandis is one of the 60 people in the world to be diagnosed with an extremely unique and rare condition. Hyperthymesia. This is a condition in which Joey is able to recall from memory eveyrhting that happened in his life in extreme detail, he has an extremely detailed autobiography of his life planted in his own memory as for e.g. he knows what he did exactly on a certain day 12 years ago.
This is a rather weird disease and is considered to be a human superpower in a way. We can infer so much information from this but what I can takeaway most from this is that to what extent can we consider memory to be a reliable way of knowledge?.
In my opinion, I definitely consider memory to be a rather weak way of knowing because aside from the people with that condition, we can never really know something in true detail when we use our memory to recall from the past. We can use the human sciences here and bring in psychology as normally we remember some things and then there are other things that our brains just forget.
Memory has been known for being a way of knowing that can fluctuate. Psychologically, if we aren't in the best state of mind or in the best mood then one's memory tends to be off point as it is something I have experienced myself. When our minds work well then therefore our memory works well do. I feel that memory is not exactly the most effective way of knowing and that there have to be many things that fall in place such as having a good mood, time of day, activity we are doing etc as all of these factors help in contributing to how good our memory can be in the moment.
From an article that I saw a long time ago (cannot find the link), it said that police officers biggest issue to solving crimes was trying to get eye witnesses to give them as much information possible as several officers stated that a lot of the time eye witnesses couldn't remember details effectively. This helps show that memory isn't the strongest way to know and can be a liability in the most crucial of circumstances such as a murder cases.
A debt of gratitude is in order for the blog entry amigo! Keep them coming...
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