Out of my league.

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When I try to read what I've written here as an "outsider", as, shall we say, a reader, I find that as much as I've tried to avoid gross scientific generalizations that only expose how much I don't know what I'm talking about (at least on a scientific level), it's still clear that I'm winging it. What part does memory play in the functioning of the brain? My guess may be as good as that of my readers, but it's certainly not as good as that of brain researchers. Even if I hedge my comments as "educated guesses", those guesses come from reading the popular literature, and not from the bread and butter scientific research. The excuse that we all do this is a good one, and certainly some do it more than me, but it's still an excuse. I feel compelled to make it clear that what I write here is conjecture, though I trust that there was never any real danger that some high school kid was about to quote me as an expert on brain research.

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