# Does the brain memorize or not - proof?

**URL:** https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-the-brain-memorize-or-not-proof/4455
**Category:** General Neuroscience
**Created:** [August 31, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-the-brain-memorize-or-not-proof/4455 "2018-08-31T21:26:08Z")
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### Author: ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-the-brain-memorize-or-not-proof/4455/18 "2019-11-06T01:13:46Z")

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I will go a step further and maybe tick off some “creative” people - it’s all memorized!

> [@"Original thought" - fact or fiction?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/original-thought-fact-or-fiction/5102/3):
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> I have long thought that humans do not have "original thoughts’ as described in the classic sense. (see what I did there?) We seek out novel experiences. That is why we set up experiences to be exposed to new ideas that can be synthesized into “original thoughts.” For example - we have laboratories where we can be exposed to previously un-experienced observations. We listen to new music. We travel to new places to add to our repository of experiences. We read books and watch movies to exper…

This does go to my assertions that blending of memorized fragments is the heart of generalization in HTM - and the brain!

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