# 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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**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/does-the-brain-memorize-or-not-proof/4455/20 "2019-11-06T16:04:27Z")

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> [@Bitking](#):
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> This does go to my assertions that blending of memorized fragments is the heart of generalization in HTM - and the brain!

Like activating in parallel the memorized fragments of “_a nice oak under which I took a nap after my last walk in the forest_” & “_a palm tree on the beach during my previous holidays_” & “_a painting of a tree I saw at an exhibition_” to generalize the concept of a tree ? Generalization by _union-ing_ sets? But activations would get denser & denser with time. Where is the limit?

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