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by graemep 286 days ago
its not reliable, but we can also recall things accurately.

it does not store things in the way records of any sort do, but it does have a some store and recall mechanism that works.

To be fair, LLMs do this too - I just got ChatGPT to recite Ode to Autumn.

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Yes, I agree. I'm not against the idea that the brain can "store" things. Just whether our concept of how a "memory" "feels" is useful to us further understanding the brain's function.