Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
Given the breadth of knowledge you'd be asking me to surrender, I must take the sensible route. An old man should be accompanied by his old memories, it seems.
A shame, though, to be forced into such a position.
You suggest you've a great wealth of knowledge, suggesting you are a man of intelligence. Surely, therefore, you see the value in a temporary surrender hastening future gain?
Bearing in mind that knowledge is infinite, of course.
Now now, young man. That's sounds perfectly acceptable all parsed out so neatly, except, have I missed a step in your reasoning? Just how do you see this situation as, ah, how did you put it... hastening gain? It seems to me that a loss of memory would only lead to years of reacquisition! A terrible use of time, it seems to me.
You've missed the clearest step: reacquisition is still learning, perhaps in a new or more efficient manner. Perhaps further than you cared to pursue in the past. Regardless, to completely obstruct your ability to acquire new memories—and therefore continue learning more—strikes me as profoundly foolish, entirely lacking in ambition, and frankly, cowardly.
Oho! My apologies! Consider it a bad habit, that. I don't seem terribly able to gauge how best to address others, or so I've oft been scolded. Never intentional on my part, I quite assure you. Never my intention to offend anyone, though that seems too often to be the case! Maybe this old man should be considering a fresh set of untainted knowledge after all, all the better to make myself a bit more amenable, eh? Hah, but enough of that, I apologise, take no offense and pay it no mind.
But oh, I have to grant that you're not incorrect in your estimation. Ambition just isn't a great priority of mine. I prefer the pursuit of knowledge for its own merit, simply for the knowing, though of course being in a position to pass that knowledge along to future generations is nothing to be shunned. I do consider myself a learned man, yes, and sadly beginning to become advanced in his years. I think I could do a greater credit chronicling the knowledge and memories I've previous acquired than I ever could in starting again at this plump old age! I'll have to leave such daring feats of ingenuity to you bold youngsters, I think.
Not a decision made gladly, but I must stand by my original thoughts. If you must deem me coward for them then I accept the mantle with some small pride.
And am I to take it, then, that you would take the opposite choice?
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Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
Given the breadth of knowledge you'd be asking me to surrender, I must take the sensible route. An old man should be accompanied by his old memories, it seems.
A shame, though, to be forced into such a position.
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Bearing in mind that knowledge is infinite, of course.
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You've missed the clearest step: reacquisition is still learning, perhaps in a new or more efficient manner. Perhaps further than you cared to pursue in the past. Regardless, to completely obstruct your ability to acquire new memories—and therefore continue learning more—strikes me as profoundly foolish, entirely lacking in ambition, and frankly, cowardly.
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But oh, I have to grant that you're not incorrect in your estimation. Ambition just isn't a great priority of mine. I prefer the pursuit of knowledge for its own merit, simply for the knowing, though of course being in a position to pass that knowledge along to future generations is nothing to be shunned. I do consider myself a learned man, yes, and sadly beginning to become advanced in his years. I think I could do a greater credit chronicling the knowledge and memories I've previous acquired than I ever could in starting again at this plump old age! I'll have to leave such daring feats of ingenuity to you bold youngsters, I think.
Not a decision made gladly, but I must stand by my original thoughts. If you must deem me coward for them then I accept the mantle with some small pride.
And am I to take it, then, that you would take the opposite choice?