Memory is simply the mind's record of the past and these records maybe of absolutely anything one has experienced but the one I'm specifically interested in is ideas - memory of ideas.
Insight is defined as sudden breakthroughs or eureka moments that one experiences while tackling a usually difficult problem.
What got me thinking is there's no way one can distinguish insights from memories - they're both thoughts. Yes, memories are supposed to be recorded past experiences but I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that in terms of purely mental features, we can't tell apart insights from memories. Both of them have identical mental qualities. — TheMadFool
The million dollar question is this:
If reincarnation is not bound by time i.e. deaths and rebirths are temporally unrestricted (people who die in the future being reborn in the past, the converse scenario being a non-issue) could insights be memories? — TheMadFool
ed but the one I'm specifically interested in is ideas - memory of ideas.
Insight is defined as sudden breakthroughs or eureka moments that one experiences while tackling a usually difficult problem.
What got me thinking is there's no way one can distinguish insights from memories - they're both thoughts. Yes, memories are supposed to be recorded past experiences but I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that in terms of purely mental features, we can't tell apart insights from memories. Both of them have identical mental qualities. — TheMadFool
One can respond by saying that the past can be corroborated with witnesses while no such supporting evidence exists for insights but then the problem is that corroboration itself is a function of memory i.e. the whole enterprise of corroborating the past with witnesses begs the question - it's like trying to confirm news on CNN by watching more CNN. Ergo, memories can't be distinguished from so-called insights or the methods available (corroboration) falls short of the mark.
The million dollar question is this:
If reincarnation is not bound by time i.e. deaths and rebirths are temporally unrestricted (people who die in the future being reborn in the past, the converse scenario being a non-issue) could insights be memories?
If reincarnation is not bound by time i.e. deaths and rebirths are temporally unrestricted (people who die in the future being reborn in the past, the converse scenario being a non-issue) could insights be memories? — TheMadFool
If reincarnation is not bound by time i.e. deaths and rebirths are temporally unrestricted (people who die in the future being reborn in the past, the converse scenario being a non-issue) could insights be memories? — TheMadFool
Memory is simply the mind's record of the past — TheMadFool
That's far from true. Numerous experiments show how unreliable our memories are. — fishfry
If reincarnation is not bound by time . . . could insights be memories? — TheMadFool
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