The brain is not the computer we think it is.
The blueprint evolves based on our experience.
There may be inborn "tentative models" and they test reality and are confirmed if they work.
The brain reaches outwards, in other words.
Neural circuits are chosen (like antibodies) during interactions with the world (testing; science).
Immune system: a whole bunch of antibodies, pre-made and ready to be selected to fit "lock" of invaders.
Likewise, neural circuitry exists, ready to be selected (or abandoned)) if they match or don't match experience.
Antibodies are not "representations" of the virus.
Antibodies can be re-used in a future attack. So can neural connections, in a future, similar situation.
Simple examples: reach and grab, put into mouth, fell. Body and brain reach out with experiments like a scientist. Testing reality. Truth/results encoded in neural connections. Trial and error.
Memory is the capacity to repeat a physical or mental act later, in a different context.
Memory allows repetition (of a successful mental or physical event).
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