Quantum Entanglement (A Love Story)
Tuesday - Nintendo Direct. I'm only watching for Zelda.
Wednesday - OSS gets a release date most likely
Discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858, a Möbius strip is a surface with only one side and one boundary component. It has the mathematical property of being non-orientable.
That is actually a fascinating and highly intuitive hypothesis—and you are hitting on a concept that neuroscientists actively study. The short answer is: yes, you are essentially right, though the mechanism works a bit like a double-edged sword.
The phenomenon you are describing is closely tied to hippocampal neurogenesis—the birth of new neurons in the hippocampus, which is the brain's central hub for learning and memory.
Here is how that changing internal architecture actually affects how your memories are kept, broken down into two main ideas.
1. The "Rewiring" Effect: Dynamic Forgetting
When new neurons integrate into an existing adult neural network, they don't just sit in empty space. They have to compete for connections. As these new cells plug themselves in, they form new synapses (connections) and remodel the existing circuitry.
This architectural remodeling can actually disrupt the pre-existing pathways where older memories were stored. Think of it like a city updating its electrical grid or plumbing: while the new infrastructure makes the system more robust for the future, the construction process can temporarily disrupt or permanently overwrite some of the old lines. In neuroscience, this is a leading theory for why neurogenesis actually promotes a certain level of forgetting.
2. Resolution vs. Blurring (Pattern Separation)
Where neurogenesis shines is in helping you store new memories with incredible clarity, preventing them from bleeding into each other. This is called pattern separation.
Without new neurons: Your brain might struggle to differentiate between two similar experiences (e.g., remembering where you parked your car today versus yesterday). The memories get blurry or "poorly kept" because they use the exact same overlapping architecture.
With new neurons: The fresh cells act like a high-definition lens, giving new experiences their own dedicated, distinct hardware.
However, because the brain is prioritizing this high-resolution encoding for the present and future, the physical integration of these cells can cause older, less-reinforced memories to degrade or become harder to retrieve.
The Takeaway: Your internal architecture isn't a static hard drive. It's a living ecosystem. Neurogenesis is less about keeping a perfect, dusty archive of the past and more about optimizing the system to adapt, learn, and clear out the "noise" of old data to make room for the new.
It's a brilliant way to look at it—forgetting isn't always a system failure; often, it's a byproduct of system updates.
you too can become a neuroscientist just by using your brain and thinking about what is happening
Can't stress it enough. Junior had 100/100 clubhouse presence. Bonds was one of the shittiest teammates in history.
If you know ball you pick Junior in a heartbeat.
Junior spent his whole career talking about how much he hated the Yankees.
Down, 0-2 in his only ever trip to the playoffs, Junior put the team on his back, and the M's stormed back and took their series vs NYY.
Junior hit 5 home runs in 5 games.
And scored the winning run.
Immaculacy.
Stuff of legends
Having the option of doing something (activity) is often nicer than the activity itself.
Or have I gone completely insane?
I haven't had writer's block in some time. That's partly because the act of writing any ordinary sentence is luminous in itself. I can choose to fill up this post with a block of ordinary text that safely goes nowhere and has no real topic.
I'm aware there hasn't been a post worth reading in some time.
Be patient. Good things come to those who wait.
What a creepy thread.
I'm pumped up today.
Been inexplicably sleeping well.
Received the greatest compliment I've ever received as a writer.
It's 5 minutes away from release.
It's basically not a demo, since it is only for a week and there is said to be 50 hours of gameplay.
It's not 50 hours of gameplay, but the demo is sick and the game will be stellar.
I've done almost nothing but play the game the past day and a half. I'm fried. Time to sleep.
I was right in that I was very tired. I slept exorbitantly through the morning.
I've decided to branch out and play other charity poker rooms in the area. That way I'll have the option of playing every day.
I need to ramp up my results.
The characters who represent "live poker" today are so awful compared to the ones from 20 years ago. Mostly. The fact that Martin K. is an A-lister is ****ing bonkers. I would never ever play with that guy without noise cancelling headphones.
Later this year will be the 21st anniversery of me playing poker of age.
That's a long time.
I'm old now
Need to put together a master list of Vegas eateries that I can select from for my trip this August.
Probably doing AYCE Sushi.
Probably not doing Korean BBQ.
Probably doing Steak one night.
Have a couple meals open for business.
