Is there a limit to the human brain’s capacity for knowledge? Specifically, is it possible for an individual to learn and retain all existing information in the world—essentially knowing everything—or would biological or cognitive limits prevent this? If such a limit exists, what would happen if someone approached or reached it?
>>42268391When you realize the brain is not responsible for knowledge and personality then you will begin to understand. If someones body is dead for a few days before coming back, not even in a coma, just dead and they are having NDE visions, well, there's a reason why scientists won't explain it, it's not that they can't, it's that they won't. Obviously some are born with disabilities, the soul doesn't need the vessel but the vessel needs the soul, there's a point in which it leaves the body.
>>42268391You .ought know everything, but it won't be because it's all photo-memorized.You'll train your brain to understand concepts, like walking, playing thr piano, calculus, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, mechanical engineering, chemistry, agriculture, the sciences.You'll be able to intuit and map disparate disciplines and fields to achieve novel ideas. You'll "know" everything - even things you don't, but you will ny putting thought and effort into them.This is why multiple disciplines in the sciences is important. It's not so much memorizing equations, but understanding the concepts, truly internalizing and understanding to the point you can intuit.The equations can be written down and looked up later, if you know how to use them. You'll also be able to create new equations.Intelligence is not about memorizing.Can the human memorize everything?>No.Can the human understand everything?>Understanding is part of our purpose, our verybmeaning of existence
>>42268391maybe if your brain had a turbocharged memory center, like people with that condition (name eludes me) who remember literally everything, but it comes at the price of obsessiveness and nervous ticks and shit tormenting you 24/7
>>42268391If you consider that the brain is where "learned" information is stored, which you kind of imply, then no. Your brain is a finite structure and information is infinite (for example, you can make up an infinite number of stories, novels, etc. which are all new information. You could argue that there are a finite number of words, but the length of a story isn't constrained so just from wroting stories and increasing the length of the stories by a single word each time you can create infinite information).So no, it's not logically for a finite structure like the brain to store infinite information. Basic common sense.
>>42268391Soon there will be no limitshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9iI_IVu1Yg
I have a superior memory something or other, which is basically photographic memory. I have been and am being tested on it. I can retain lots of knowledge and being back memories from 30 years ago with total recall. But I cannot remember absolutely everything. I could remember more if I tried but people prodding me and poking me and bringing back memories is kinda of annoying. I have a theory that a lot of us have most of our lives idling in our brains and some of us can bring a lot back, and some of us can have our memories jogged. I remember doing exams at school for example, my English lit exam, we all had a book full out notes, but someone stole mine so I had to do the exam all from memory and did pretty well. But I cannot recall everything I wrote in the paper like I could back then. When it comes to learning things, yeah, I can remember a lot about many topics, but it must be kinda interesting. Maths nerds keep flashing equations at me, but I hate mates and while I remember some like a=a I don't remember why they showed me, just the equation. If I bothered to look into and found it interesting I might. I studied a bit of law 20 years ago and remember the interesting laws and failing asleep in class but not the boring shit. Single words or phrases or concepts seem easier than blocks of texts or lists, but if I concentrated then maybe. It's annoying remembering too much so I tend to try to skim or not focus on things. There are things I read once years ago, that I might remember if someone brings up but cannot instantly recall it for no reason. I don't bother with dates even though they are trying to put dates in my head to see if I can remember the date in a few years or something but I'm not a schedule or dates person. So yes, it can be measured and I can do about 20 topics to a high level, or bullshit my way through them. But I think to really stick it has to be interesting or different. The more outlandish or off seeming it is, more likely it is to stick.
Just to add. I can remember some things photographically. It's just not words on a page but, kinda scenes. If I concentrate I can picture people or rooms or views. But if you asked me to recall the exact text from a page of words then no. I do remember one time I picked up some paper and there was loads of stuff about someone called Emma being a relationship ruining bitch. But only remember the bits that stood out and not the waffle.
And lastly. Cos I feel this thread is a bit directed at me. Rote still works better. I can remember when I used to write song lyrics off the radio and cannot remember the words on the page. But if I hear the song and stuff can remember the lyrics off the top of my head. So rote does strengthen memories but as soon as you stop thinking of them they do fade. But think parts of them can be brought back with triggers and sounds.
>>42268391Some autists have photographic memories. Some better than others. Most of us filter through what's been learned to be most important as to not overload the mind.Technically we remember everything we see, hear and feel.
>>42270801117, little low for a guy claiming he remembers everything.Try remembering how to speak as a high IQ individual.
>>42270895There is no patterns to high iq speech. Weirdos who over emphasise IQ like to use big words to make themselves feel good and smart. While real geniuses explain things in a way most people, even a child could understand. Go fuck yourself.
>>42270801I'm the same, I can remember unlimited shit going back decades but it has to be interesting, or at least significant, and the boring stuff usually gets left out. Do you have nervous problems, too?
>>42270960I have thought problems and possibly ADHD. It's called advanced superior autographical memory and there are fewer than a couple hundred people with it if I recall correctly. From what I have read, people tend to have certain things or quirks. Autism being one obvs, OCD being prevalent, hygiene freaks being up there. I think it's something to do with brain activity being so much. Like I've been tested recently and people are bringing back memories from 20+ years ago and it's kind of an overload and can feel schizophrenic, so I think people react in different ways. There are different elements to it. Some people can remember dates and remember everything they did that specific date, some people situations, some people other things. Because it's so unstudied the original tests were aimed at dates in the past. But now more people are being found they're expanding research. Using triggers and sounds to bring memories back and stuff. I only found out I was tested all throughout school quite recently. There might be a few people who can remember absolutely everything but most people cannot remember what they said last week to someone so being able to remember a lot of things from 10/15/20/30 years ago is quite unusual. We all have memories that stick but some people have hundreds or thousands
Meh it's just a filter, from wot has been to wot will be, and it's crux is circumstantial.
