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           Sherememberedacollegepsychinstructorwhohadassertedthatundertherightconditions,yourmemorycouldplaybackthenamesofeverypersontowhomyouhadeverbeenintroduced,everymealyouhadevereaten,theweatherconditionswhichhadobtainedoneverydayofyourlife.Hemadeapersuasivecaseforthisincredibleassertion,tellingthemthatthehumanmindwasacomputerwithstaggeringnumbersofmemorychipsnot16K,or32K,or64K,butperhapsasmuchasonebillionK:literally,athousandbillion.Andhowmuchmighteachoftheseorganic"chips"becapableofstoring?Nooneknew.Butthereweresomanyofthem,hesaid,thattherewasnoneedforanyofthemtobeerasablesotheycouldbere-used.Infacttheconsciousmindhadtoturndownthelightsonsomeofthemasaprotectionagainstinformationalinsanity."Youmightnotbeabletorememberwhereyoukeepyoursocks,"thepsychinstructorhadsaid,"iftheentirecontentsoftheEncyclopediaBritannicawasstoredintheadjacenttwoorthreememorycells."

           Thishadproduceddutifullaughterfromtheclass.

           Butthisisn’tapsychclassundergoodfluorescentlightswithallthatcomfortingjargonwrittenontheboardandsomesmartassassistantprofcheerfullyblueskyinghiswaythroughthelastfifteenminutesoftheperiod.Somethingisdreadfullywronghereandyouknowityoufeelit.Idon’tknowwhatithastodowithPascow,orGage,orChurch,butithassomethingtodowithLouis.

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