Re:Can your brain really be full?
by danieltillett on Friday June 05, 2015 @07:04PM
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One of the problems with doing this is the "recovered" memories are not exactly reliable.
One of the good things about my memory is if I remember something it accurate. I used to win lots of bets (for drinks mostly) by exploiting this - people would tell me X happened and I would say no it was Y and would they like to bet on it. I was always amazed at how many people would accept these bets even after losing to me many times - it seemed they forgot that I had an accurate memory :)
To recover old info, first concentrate on it and recall as much as possible (what you call "metadata"), and then simply cease focusing on it. Your mind will "re-hydrate" the archived experience in the background. Sometimes this may take a day or two, but usually it requires less than 10 minutes.
Reconsider the memory periodically: each time you should feel an indicator of whether progress is being made (even though the memory isn't yet fully recovered).