"I have more memories in myself alone than all men since the world began "
" Funes the memoirist ", Jorge Luis Borges
I read the article published in the journal week about the death of Kim Peek and mentioned that this was the inspiration for the person of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man . As I read more about this man and his amazing and strange brain could not stop thinking of Ireneo Funes, a character created by Borges in his story "Funes the memoirist.
Leo Kim Peek recalled 98% of what I read, if this is amount that could read 8 books in one day, or say. I could save from the phone book to the most complex books. Everything was stored in his brain as has happened Borges Funes after an accident.
interesting thing about this parallel is that Kim Peek was completely dependent, could not modities alone and either way your brain only allowed to store information, he could not discuss what he knew or understood fully, and could cross could recite information that is, if you gave him your date of birth could know what day of the year was, or say, just the address, the name of the neighbors who had or had in the past (by having memorized the phone books .)
Perhaps he supposed to be facing the same fear experienced by the Borges character against what Irenaeus mean? How to say, if I know my partner will remember everything after absolutanente?
Finally, the story of Kim Peek ends up feeling sad and shows, as well as Borges did in many of his stories, which are considered major gifts that end up becoming disasters. In this case you could see the difference between memory and intelligence, for example, and also remember the importance and necessity of oblivion. Perhaps the infinite storage is what prevents the development of everything else, the chance finally to live a normal life.
Moreover, the Borges text also speaks of how forgetting is necessary for subsistence, remember everything, everything, my sister with the machines away from us humans, certain omissions are absolutely necessary, including, to the neglect of self (which is according to Borges, we need to do each night to sleep).
" Funes the memoirist ", Jorge Luis Borges
I read the article published in the journal week about the death of Kim Peek and mentioned that this was the inspiration for the person of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man . As I read more about this man and his amazing and strange brain could not stop thinking of Ireneo Funes, a character created by Borges in his story "Funes the memoirist.
Leo Kim Peek recalled 98% of what I read, if this is amount that could read 8 books in one day, or say. I could save from the phone book to the most complex books. Everything was stored in his brain as has happened Borges Funes after an accident.
interesting thing about this parallel is that Kim Peek was completely dependent, could not modities alone and either way your brain only allowed to store information, he could not discuss what he knew or understood fully, and could cross could recite information that is, if you gave him your date of birth could know what day of the year was, or say, just the address, the name of the neighbors who had or had in the past (by having memorized the phone books .)
Perhaps he supposed to be facing the same fear experienced by the Borges character against what Irenaeus mean? How to say, if I know my partner will remember everything after absolutanente?
Finally, the story of Kim Peek ends up feeling sad and shows, as well as Borges did in many of his stories, which are considered major gifts that end up becoming disasters. In this case you could see the difference between memory and intelligence, for example, and also remember the importance and necessity of oblivion. Perhaps the infinite storage is what prevents the development of everything else, the chance finally to live a normal life.
Moreover, the Borges text also speaks of how forgetting is necessary for subsistence, remember everything, everything, my sister with the machines away from us humans, certain omissions are absolutely necessary, including, to the neglect of self (which is according to Borges, we need to do each night to sleep).
