Remembering Memories Stephen Jay Gould’s essay, “Some Close Encounters of the Mental Kind”, strongly suggests that experiencing something firsthand does not necessarily provide for the most accurate accounts when it comes to factual recollection of the event. He states that,”…the human mind is both the greatest marvel of nature and the most perverse of all tricksters.”, and by this he means, in which I fully support, though the mind is where we store …showed first 75 words of 923 total…

…showed last 75 words of 923 total…judged by. Conceived by nature, yet nurtured by humanity, the mind is as much a wonder as it is an unreliable source for retrieving information. The human mind can remember your significant other’s birthday just as easily it can forget your anniversary. No mind is perfect and yet you can not go to a store and purchase an upgrade on your memory. You can count on your memory fading as long you continue aging.