I was a small part of the discussion of "perception of color" at the
Truth is Relative topic. That reminded me of this topic, which may be the better place for such discussion.
In re-reading this topic, I discovered a message I had not answered:
Ringo writes:
Do you dream in colour?
What I dreamed and what I remember dreaming may be two different things. At this point all my recollections of dreams past are pretty much completely gone.
My general impression is that I dream in vague soft focus black & white. Perhaps a fair share of the dreams are rather abstract. Sometimes I'll go for many days (weeks?) with no recollection of having had any dreams. I have heard that dreaming connects up to long term memory formation. Perhaps why I am memory deficient is that I'm also dream deficient.
Are you good at trivia?
I certainly know a lot of trivial things, such as music factoids. But again, I'll mention that my memory seems to be generally poor, both short and longer term. I have a geology bachelors degree (completed in '83), but I suspect I now remember only a tiny fraction of what I was exposed to.
Do songs run through your head?
Not really. I can sort of recreate fragments of certain favorite tunes.
There were two college classes I had particularly hard times with. The first was historical geology (stratigraphy and structure). A lot of raw data memorization. I also had a terrible time with the second term of calculus. I just couldn't remember much of what came before, to build on. Now, I remember essentially nothing about calculus. To me, it was the greatest waste of time and money of my life.
In the context of even "Great Debates" I'm involved in - I find I really have to go back and reread upthread a lot. Heck, even in preparing this message, what I just wrote at the top is pretty vague.
Moose
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
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