Robert Epstein

The way we use the term memory, it's just another metaphor. So, for example, who's that one? Daniel Barenboim, who was one of my favorite conductors and pianists. By the time he was 17, he had memorized all 31 of Beethoven's piano sonatas. So I had someone count up the notes. It's about 350,000 notes and almost as many markings of various sorts for the pedals and volume and all that stuff.

The way we use the term memory, it's just another metaphor. So, for example, who's that one? Daniel Barenboim, who was one of my favorite conductors and pianists. By the time he was 17, he had memorized all 31 of Beethoven's piano sonatas. So I had someone count up the notes. It's about 350,000 notes and almost as many markings of various sorts for the pedals and volume and all that stuff.

It's a tremendous amount of data, tremendous amount of data. And you know what? You can search Daniel Berenboim. He's still alive. You can search his brain forever, and you'll never find a single note. It's not in his brain. So where is it? Well, it depends on what you mean by it. The music is nowhere. He didn't absorb the music.

It's a tremendous amount of data, tremendous amount of data. And you know what? You can search Daniel Berenboim. He's still alive. You can search his brain forever, and you'll never find a single note. It's not in his brain. So where is it? Well, it depends on what you mean by it. The music is nowhere. He didn't absorb the music.

It's a tremendous amount of data, tremendous amount of data. And you know what? You can search Daniel Berenboim. He's still alive. You can search his brain forever, and you'll never find a single note. It's not in his brain. So where is it? Well, it depends on what you mean by it. The music is nowhere. He didn't absorb the music.

No. He was under some conditions able to make the music.

No. He was under some conditions able to make the music.

No. He was under some conditions able to make the music.

It means that some change is occurring that allows you under certain conditions to do that thing again or something similar to it.

It means that some change is occurring that allows you under certain conditions to do that thing again or something similar to it.

It means that some change is occurring that allows you under certain conditions to do that thing again or something similar to it.

No, it's definitely not. It's not a memory, no. So what is it? It's a change. Some sort of change is occurring, whether it's occurring in your brain, some sort of a change, or whether it's occurring in that link.

No, it's definitely not. It's not a memory, no. So what is it? It's a change. Some sort of change is occurring, whether it's occurring in your brain, some sort of a change, or whether it's occurring in that link.

No, it's definitely not. It's not a memory, no. So what is it? It's a change. Some sort of change is occurring, whether it's occurring in your brain, some sort of a change, or whether it's occurring in that link.

Maybe I can make the point this way. Okay. Demonstration in class. I would say to people, who knows what a dollar bill looks like? So if someone comes up to the board and they draw a dollar bill, I'd say, make it as detailed as you possibly can. So they draw a dollar bill and it kind of has a place where there's a face and it kind of has some ones in the corners.

Maybe I can make the point this way. Okay. Demonstration in class. I would say to people, who knows what a dollar bill looks like? So if someone comes up to the board and they draw a dollar bill, I'd say, make it as detailed as you possibly can. So they draw a dollar bill and it kind of has a place where there's a face and it kind of has some ones in the corners.

Maybe I can make the point this way. Okay. Demonstration in class. I would say to people, who knows what a dollar bill looks like? So if someone comes up to the board and they draw a dollar bill, I'd say, make it as detailed as you possibly can. So they draw a dollar bill and it kind of has a place where there's a face and it kind of has some ones in the corners.

And usually that's as far as people can get. And I say, well, let's try an experiment here. So I cover up the dollar bill that they just drew. I tape a piece of paper and then I tape up a real dollar bill. And I say, maybe the person drew what they drew and it was so terrible because they're a bad artist. Let's find out. So I say, here, now draw a dollar bill.

And usually that's as far as people can get. And I say, well, let's try an experiment here. So I cover up the dollar bill that they just drew. I tape a piece of paper and then I tape up a real dollar bill. And I say, maybe the person drew what they drew and it was so terrible because they're a bad artist. Let's find out. So I say, here, now draw a dollar bill.

And usually that's as far as people can get. And I say, well, let's try an experiment here. So I cover up the dollar bill that they just drew. I tape a piece of paper and then I tape up a real dollar bill. And I say, maybe the person drew what they drew and it was so terrible because they're a bad artist. Let's find out. So I say, here, now draw a dollar bill.