Deep Drunken Thoughts

[DrunkleJon]

I have been drinking... obviously. Just got to thinking that since everyone who is drunk, or otherwise in a different state of consciousness, always has ideas which sound amazing I figured here would be the best place to ask this only to those not 100% sober. What is the most intriguing deep though question you have come up with?

Mine right now is; How long would someone have to live before they run out of space for memories? I have seen shows, etc where someone is 'immortal'. If you were immortal, how long would you be able to survive until you would run out of space to store memories/experiences? I know that we do not know much about how the brain works, but still...

 

[sfrisby]

Well, on average, lets say you get to 80 before Alzheimer's kicks in. They say we only use 10% of our brain capacity. So-800 years old.

Who's next?

 

[DrunkleJon]

But I thought that the 10% generalization was... a load of crap. You use your entire brain, though not all at once. I do wonder what the storage capacity is for memories only, not necessarily for latent abilities that we may not realize yet. That is a question for a new thread or doctor drunks.

 

[DrunkleJon]

And another question. Why do zombies always go for the throat? Is it animal brain instinct where it is a vulnerable place, or just laziness because it is an easily fatal injury point? I mean if you were a nonthinking being who was programmed to bite you would bite what was closest or most easily accessible not go for the neck.

 

[brewkinger]

If I was to make an educated guesstimate, I would think you are correct.
Creative license and the animal instinct combined.

That is the only way that large cats kill prey. Take it down and suffocate.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Well, on average, lets say you get to 80 before Alzheimer's kicks in. They say we only use 10% of our brain capacity. So-800 years old.

Who's next?

Well, we do forget things from time to time; I wonder if those things have just not been retained, or if they've been overwritten? Seems like everything we forget would free up space for a new memory. Just a thought.
Regards, GF.

 

[littletommy]

If you forget something, but then remember it later, you never really forgot it. I don't think anything that is experienced/learned, is ever really is completely forgotten. Damn! I have a headache now.

 

[hunter_le five]

*Shamelessly reuses picture from other deep thoughts thread*

I may or may not have been drunk when I GIMPed this....

 

[Billy-Klubb]

"I wonder how my balls would look shaved?"

 

[Kittyfeet]

"I wonder how my balls would look shaved?"

They'd look fine shaved. Try it out, just go slow and easy with the razor.

 

[Kittyfeet]

How long would someone have to live before they run out of space for memories? I have seen shows, etc where someone is 'immortal'. If you were immortal, how long would you be able to survive until you would run out of space to store memories/experiences? I know that we do not know much about how the brain works, but still...

Your epic question reminds me of The Man From Earth:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/

It was an amazing movie; not any high end actors (that I know of), and low budget (I think), but it'll definitely get the noggin twisting into different directions.

Essentially, if you live forever, you'll start to remember things in fits and starts, like when you were a kid. You recall some things, like an object or a person, but not the entire scene that took place at the time. As you progress in years, the most recent is most likely to surface, while the obscure things from the past, or just unremarkable day to day things, are forgotten.

The quick synopsis is this: An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Will have to chech it out. And then. Will have to post more.

 

[chawagi]

A deep thought by chawagi:

History is written by the victors. If there truly is a heaven--and within that heaven there was once a battle where one faction was cast out and banished to hell--when you consider the state of the world today, what makes the masses so certain that it was the "good" side that triumphed in the battle of heaven and proceeded to dictate earthly religion?

Not looking for a religious debate here, just waxing a bit philosophical.

 

[Homercidal]

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a squirrel, does the squirrel make a sound?

 

[hunter_le five]

Mine right now is; How long would someone have to live before they run out of space for memories? I have seen shows, etc where someone is 'immortal'. If you were immortal, how long would you be able to survive until you would run out of space to store memories/experiences? I know that we do not know much about how the brain works, but still...

Huh, well here's the estimated storage capacity of the human brain.... as to how long it takes to fill up ~256 exabytes... I guess that depends on how much porn you are downloading.

 

[paulster2626]

Why doesn't peanut butter have a lid on both ends?

 

[BigDaddyBeard]

"I wonder how my balls would look shaved?"

There is a Dave Chapelle stand up that covers this.

 

[DrunkleJon]

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a squirrel, does the squirrel make a sound?

If a tree falls in the forest and lands on a Mime, does anyone care?

 

[45thparallelhopper]

Are we as a species going in reverse evolution? It seems people are becoming more dumb and lazy with each generation. Check out the movie Idiocracy, it will explain

 

[JustinVT]

Your musing reminded me of this

http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=603:_Idiocracy

Are we as a species going in reverse evolution? It seems people are becoming more dumb and lazy with each generation. Check out the movie Idiocracy, it will explain

 

[Billy-Klubb]

There is a Dave Chapelle stand up that covers this.

he did a stand up about my balls? where's my royalties?!?

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

If I was to make an educated guesstimate, I would think you are correct.
Creative license and the animal instinct combined.

That is the only way that large cats kill prey. Take it down and suffocate.

But big cats have eons of evolutionary biology behind them. What some call instinct is just ingrained learning.

Assuming zombies would be new, I'm not sure evolutionary biology holds true.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a squirrel, does the squirrel make a sound?

Sure...

SPLAT!

 

[BigDaddyBeard]

he did a stand up about my balls? where's my royalties?!?

Africa maybe?

[ame]http://youtu.be/aUa6BhGRxNw[/ame]

 

[Beernik]

"I wonder how my balls would look shaved?"

It will look like your balls when you were 9 years old. Shave & let it grow back. Enjoy the jock itch and puberty flashbacks.



My wife bought Pop Rocks tonight. Will Pop Rock & homebrew make my head explode?

 

[MustBeZ]

Why doesn't peanut butter have a lid on both ends?

Mind...blown

 

[TxBrew]

Should I rehydrate?

I find myself stuck in this one a lot.

 

[Descender]

Why do all the depictions of Adam and Eve show them with navels?

 

[DrunkleJon]

Does everyone I meet think I am a pretentious ******, or do they see me to be an idiot just as much as I see them?

 

[BrewerBear]

If a tree falls in a forest and lands on a squirrel, does the squirrel make a sound?

More importantly is if a squirrel falls out of a tree in the forest does the tree laugh.