​We do not yet understand the biological basis of memory in single cells nor in humans. I would like to expand upon the sketch proposed in this paper. Serendipitously, I am well-placed to contribute on both the experimental and theoretical sides. 

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​​​​​​​- "The brain cannot compute with information that it does not represent in memory."​​​​​

​- "The available evidence makes it extremely unlikely that ​synapses are the site of long-term memory storage for representational content, i.e. memory for "facts" about quantities like space, time, and number."

- ​"Learning to think is conceptually distinct from, and complementary to, fact learning."

- "This story testifies to the power of theory, even when implicit, to determine how we interpret experimental data and ultimately what experiments we do."​​​​

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The accompanying writing project is partially personal and partially future-oriented & speculative. For the last two years, I've worked as little as possible to have as much free time as possible for investing into my own education. I'm exploring a different area of the scientific literature every 4-8 weeks. I have loads of interests across disciplines. Mnemonics has provided me with orientation and I'm eager to connect the dots. I am on a bridge, sitting in the tension between patiently waiting and assertively creating the through-line. What is there just before the concept is formed? ​

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This project is also deeply inspired by Mike Levin's "Self-Improvising Memory" (2024) and "Bioelectric networks" (2023), Jeremy Gunawardena's "Learning Outside the Brain" (2022), staibdance's Root Theory workshop (2023) and Ararat (2023), and in part by numerous other sources over the last couple of years.​​​​​​​