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From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: virus: Phenomenology of Deja Vu
>That's one of the best theories I've heard as well. That something goes a
>little screwy for a moment or two and sensory input gets filed into memory
>first, before it gets a chance to be registered into the conscousness.
I read a theory (possibly from Dennett) that perception and memory are subjectively similar experiences that come from different parts of the brain. When something goes wrong and a perception gets funneled through the other part, it seems like a memory and we experience deja vu.
David
who is learning how to create a software engineering culture