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DataPacRat comments on Self-verification - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Nanashi 19 April 2015 11:36PM

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Comment author: DataPacRat 20 April 2015 02:09:35AM 0 points [-]

That depends on how many of your memories are wiped, or if it's episodic memory versus declarative memory, or if it's recent memories versus long-term memories. Remember, enough of your memories have to still exist for you to understand the message, for the problem to make any sense at all.