tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post112394408461075704..comments2024-03-28T11:24:19.308-05:00Comments on Althouse: Mental exercises.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1124043637013785342005-08-14T13:20:00.000-05:002005-08-14T13:20:00.000-05:00Memory. Definitely memory. Then you could really...Memory. Definitely memory. Then you could <I>really</I> see what open-source intelligence could accomplish!Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457112558076250550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123972850900328732005-08-13T17:40:00.000-05:002005-08-13T17:40:00.000-05:00Jim: I should have put in more zeroes! Yes, a tale...Jim: I should have put in more zeroes! Yes, a talent for storytelling, for creating new things, would be much better than the ability to remember things that already exist (and that ordinary people can just write down). It would be fun and financially and socially rewarding.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123970448064285842005-08-13T17:00:00.001-05:002005-08-13T17:00:00.001-05:00Big Hal gave my answer to your first question. My...Big Hal gave my answer to your first question. My grandmother and her siblings would quote poetry at length and I remember sitting at their feet entranced.<BR/><BR/>This is probably not intellectual talent, but, like Solomon, I would want wisdom - more than memory (data) or knowledge (more data). I suffered through corporate hell when they decided to pursue "knowledge management." Working in a creative department, I could track the process through the fact gathering stage, then there was magic, and the process proceeded through production. It drove the KM guys crazy because they could not reproduce the magic part of the process.Earth Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310750371448850219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123970427766540802005-08-13T17:00:00.000-05:002005-08-13T17:00:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Earth Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310750371448850219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123949060690709802005-08-13T11:04:00.000-05:002005-08-13T11:04:00.000-05:00Memory I think could be quite useful in the right ...Memory I think could be quite useful in the right situations, but right now I would far prefer to have the ability to intuitively understand how other people feel, especially about me.hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815339259151766424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1123944946262668822005-08-13T09:55:00.000-05:002005-08-13T09:55:00.000-05:00For some reason I cannot remember the cell phone n...For some reason I cannot remember the cell phone numbers of my wife, son or daughter and I'm unable to decern the difference between the names Josh and Jake.Robert Holmgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692106097414753527noreply@blogger.com