I've been away from this site for a long time, but I have been sending people your way, mostly to get them to read the article about World Domination Disorder.
As an introduction of myself to the Icarus community, I throw bits and pieces of my life into cyberspace, with no expectations. This is really without risk.
All conversation is predicated on memory; without memory there is nothing to say save opinions and they prove merely to embarrass those who bear them to any length. Real conversation is grounded in perceptions and facts. We share what we have seen, heard, told, read, conceived, admired, loathed, feared, questioned, etc. All of these require that our minds take in information, process it, and store it for further use.