I Was Just Thinking

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DarkHorse

Discussion Starter · Oct 13, 2006

Before man got the ability to write things down do you think we had far better memories?

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Doubt it - the idea of marking symbols and stuff probably came alongside the development of the thought processes and such, with increased intelligence and so on. Before that there was probably not a need to write down.

Bear in mind that making notes doesn't always need a language or a pen - humans have been marking cave walls for ever.

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No Name No Number

· #3 · Oct 13, 2006

DarkHorse said:
Before man got the ability to write things down do you think we had far better memories?

Didn't man draw before he/she could write?

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DarkHorse

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 13, 2006

No Name said:
Didn't man draw before he/she could write?

I meant before they had the ability to record things really.

I guess Hermand is right the ability to record things probably developed alongside intellegence

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Pyro

· #5 · Oct 13, 2006

Not sure, I cant remember.

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DarkHorse

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 13, 2006

:lol:

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chrisanizbug

· #7 · Oct 13, 2006

ok, how about this, before man could talk, what language did their 'inner voice' speak in?

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Vicster

· #8 · Oct 13, 2006

There probably wasn't an awful lot to remember at that time!!

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veedubbya

· #9 · Oct 13, 2006

Before writing stuff down to remember it, they probably just tied a knot in their hankies.

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Kayla

· #10 · Oct 13, 2006

Being able to write things down is the solution to them forgetting things all the time

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peelo

· #11 · Oct 13, 2006

it depends if you mean recall or recognition memory... the written word has had a huge effect on our recognition memory

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Bugsy_Malone 666

· #12 · Oct 13, 2006

yeah now we have to remember 50 peoples names, each being vastly complicated and double barreled and all their families, all there telephone numbers, the number of the chip and pin, how to operate the complicated finance package on the PC, how to work `technology` etc

back then everyone was named `ugg` and the key things to remember were
`lady, shag her`
`it moves, eat it`
`if we rub these sticks together for long enough we have fire`
`fire very hot`
`we cook moving thing we found earlier on it`

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DarkHorse

Discussion Starter · #13 · Oct 13, 2006

Bugsy_Malone 666 said:
yeah now we have to remember 50 peoples names, each being vastly complicated and double barreled and all their families, all there telephone numbers, the number of the chip and pin, how to operate the complicated finance package on the PC, how to work `technology` etc

back then everyone was named `ugg` and the key things to remember were
`lady, shag her`
`it moves, eat it`
`if we rub these sticks together for long enough we have fire`
`fire very hot`
`we cook moving thing we found earlier on it`

PMSL :lol:

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