Comment by Arthur12 on Memory is Everything · 2017-12-09T06:42:02.368Z · LW · GW

Memory is everything. Explains neurologist Eric Kandel, who received his Nobel Prize in 2000 for his pioneering research on the physiology of brain memory: "Memory is the glue," says Kandel, who links the mind and ensures continuity. His last mentor, the respected neurologist Harry Grundfest, told him: "You must follow a reductionist approach, one cell at a time.