Familiar in one context, not in another
An interesting piece of neurology research.

Basic point:

Remembering specific experiences from the past requires storing idiosyncratic properties that define particular moments in space and time, but by definition such properties will not be shared with similar situations in the future and thus may not be applicable to future situations. We discovered that, when faced with this conflict, the brain prioritizes prediction over encoding.

The point is well known in perception. When reading or hearing language, we call on memory to create a prediction of the next phoneme or word or phrase. If the next item coming in from ear or eye is missing because of blurs or noise, we seamlessly fill in what it 'should' be. If the next item is different from prediction, the delta causes increased attention and revision of memory. Good writers and speakers know how to use this delta, with tricks ranging from italics to unexpected word choices to unexpected intonations and cabbages.

The point is not as familiar in other contexts. Swindlers and Deepstates understand it and use it effectively.

The basic swindle, the wallet drop or Nigerian prince, is a clean illustration. We know from memory that we don't have any rich African relatives, and we know from memory that unearned windfalls don't exist. We predict ACCURATELY that this offer is meaningless and false. BUT: the swindler paints such a dramatic and detailed picture of future wealth and luxury that the implanted prediction overrides the correct prediction and creates new fake "memories".

Deepstate uses the principle in a negative way, as we see in the current fake emergency.

When analyzing our actual health we call on our memory of previous epidemics. We remember times when we were sick as hell and everyone around us was sick. We compare this with the present actual situation, when NOBODY IS ACTUALLY SICK. Our ACCURATE prediction says that this is not an epidemic and there is no real disease, no cause for worry or special action. There may be viruses, but our immune system is automatically handling them, and we wouldn't have any reason to think about it. We're built to handle all sorts of microbes automatically and unconsciously.

Deepstate overcomes the internal prediction with a DRAMATIC and DETAILED picture of CASES and VENTILATORS and CYTOKINE STORMS and GIANT NEW EMERGENCY WARDS and MASS GRAVES. Every single part of this picture is perfectly false and imaginary, just like the Nigerian inheritance. The implanted prediction of IMMINENT HORRIBLE DEATH overrides our own natural and correct prediction, and we supinely obey all of Deepstate's holocaustal commands.

Labels: #defundpublichealth, Constants and Variables

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