Discussion question of the day: memory

[another_normal_anomaly]

 Would you rather have a perfect semantic memory (the ability to recall any fact you've ever learned) or a perfect episodic memory (the ability to recall what you were doing at any past moment)? I realize your answer is likely to depend on implementation details, so feel free to make up some that make sense to you.

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[existentialterror]

Semantic. It'd make research so much easier. I've been imagining having perfect episodic memory and it sounds delightful - remembering all of my childhood, every detail of a good date, past conversations - but my work is, alas, probably more important.