# TM’s ability to generalize

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tm-s-ability-to-generalize/3630>\
**Category:** Numenta Theory\
**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tm-s-ability-to-generalize/3630 "2018-03-08T19:48:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tm-s-ability-to-generalize/3630/4 "2018-03-12T17:10:26Z")

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I remembered just now something I saw awhile back that is related to what I’m saying. See

> [@My analysis on why Temporal Memory prediction doesn't work on sequential data](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/my-analysis-on-why-temporal-memory-prediction-doesnt-work-on-sequential-data/3141):
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> First of all, I hope that my analysis is flawed, and someone points out what I’ve got wrong. I like a lot Jeff Hawkings’ theory on how the brains work, and really want to see HTM solving real-world problems! However, I think I’ve gained enough knowledge about HTM through reading almost all papers published by Numenta, stepping through the NuPIC’s code, and playing with sanity-nupic visualization tool to share my observations. It seems that the main problem with TM is that it can’t recognize whe…

For an illustrated related consequence of my observation/argument.

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