Yohan John 🤖🧠Nov 5, 2024

Interested in the mysteries of human memory? Come check out the MIT Tournament of Memory Champions on November 10th at Kresge Auditorium. Organized by a few neuro-friends.

https://buff.ly/3CaaNTY

Wrote an essay on memory after a similar even in 2017. 👇

The MIT "Tournament of Memory Champions"

The top 12 “memorizers” in the US will put their well-trained memories to the test by competing against one another in four events

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Karthik SrinivasanNov 5, 2024
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http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2017/10/why-human-memory-is-not-a-bit-like-a-computers.html
Why human memory is not a bit like a computer’s - 3 Quarks Daily

by Yohan J. John

3 Quarks Daily
Nov 5, 2024 at 2:33amWeb
Show threadPeter MolemanNov 5, 2024
@DrYohanJohn Thx, very well explained!
Show threadTony VladusichNov 7, 2024

@DrYohanJohn

Ajemian once called me a "Grossberg savant"; to this day I don't know if I should have felt flattered or insulted!

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@TonyVladusich

Haha. Given that the G-man has really shot himself in the foot on all those email servers...

Show threadTony VladusichNov 7, 2024

@DrYohanJohn

The G man fucked himself over by being a complete arsehole to everybody, even his closest allies. He's reaping what he sowed over decades.