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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread, Jul. 27 - Aug 02, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 30 July 2015 07:58:16PM 0 points [-]

There are (indigenous) languages/cultures which give directions in absolute (compass) terms instead of our usual left/right/front/back terms. I'd guess that implies that memory gets tagged with that a lot. I'd also guess that some people are more naturally predisposed to deal with that. Like you.