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Rebecca Sharrock, one of the only people in the world with Hyperthymesia She can remember virtually every single day of her life in vivid detail, including being in her crib at just 12 days old. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

That description of being shown the event seems to me like not a memory but more like being shown what happened.

Of course we will interpret that as a memory but it may not be. It could be a literal connection to what happened at that time. We only think it's a memory because that's the closest thing we know.

Just thoughts about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I was thinking it's kind of like an AI "hallucination". It's a plausible (but not necessarily accurate) representation of what happened. I wonder in what ways those memories change over time.

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