we remember best what's salient, we mishear things and confabulate new

Feb 27, 2025, 12:12 EST

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memory -> mythology via the collaborative hill-climbing of oral transmission https://x.com/NohnVonJeumann/status/1895149038753722626

we remember best what's salient, we mishear things and confabulate new explanations, we fill in details from what's nearby in our latent space