Question by J o h n: what do you think about this theory that confidence comes from memory? do you agree?
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confidence is not physical, it is metaphysical so the answer would also be a metaphysical.
confidence is a character but thats not where it comes from because character is made up of combined bits and pieces of your memory. character is just a vessel being used by your past
memory is buried deep within your brain…it is just like a computer file, works like a computer file, things you can do to computer files applies same to memory..
it is a source you use to apply for a certain purpose
it is memory
and it ultimately makes you you
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Answer by nagarajan s
My view is ‘Confidence should emanate from the Self. If you really believe in your Self, then you are confident. But the self is not the body or the mind or any such thing. It is the self of All. But you should start believing first in your Self. Then you should know that all are ONE and the same Self dwells in all and it is common for all. Then there won’t be any hatred and only Love will flourish.
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How does that explain the cocksure, daredevil who has never been there and done that? Yet, he still knows he can in face of the knowledge that he has never done it or anything like it before.
I suppose that having many nice memories can influence our confidence…greatly…
Yes, confidence comes from relevant knowledge and experience.
I star your question.
No I don’t agree. Memory is nothing like a computer file. Computer processing and memory was originally modeled after the human brain, but the parallel computing necessary was too unwieldy at the time, so Alan Turing and his friends made memory with pointers to where data was stored (as opposed to parallel computing where the information is holistic and contained between the relationship of the elements with weights and thresholds).
Now confidence is something you can have regardless of memory. Confidence is simply being aware that you can deal with a novel situation in a satisfactory manor, which requires present moment awareness and the willingness to be content with the outcome. Memory certainly adds strength to confidence, but I don’t agree it is at it’s root. A baby is arguably confident it can scream and wail at birth, yet it has no memory of that even to draw upon with confidence. But, I do agree the line is really blurry, and ultimately every behavior is bound to the dynamics of the brain, which is a combination of ancient memory (genetics) and contextual memory (life). My 2 cents anyway. Good question!
confidence is about doing something with a certain attitude..so I would say memory is involved 100%
i believe that this theory has a bit of truth. you can however change your confidence level. it all depends on whether or not you find your true talents. my confidence level is much better since i have found my talents.
A large part of confidence comes from experience. If you are famiiliar with something, particularly if you have had a successful experience of something, or at least have survived a crisis or difficulty, you will be more confident when you face sometng like it again. One trick in facing a siotuation is to try to remember something like it with a successful outcome.
This is used, for example, in sports psychology. You try to create a model based on actual successful experience (or a synthesis of experience of successes that has been refined and embedded in training). You remember the experience when you go into a new competition.
You can do the same with other situations — e.g., public speaking, handling crises, and so forth.
Memory is, of course, an aspect of this. In particular, more recent studies of memory are oriented to the idea that not only the brain, but other parts of the body, are involved in memory — e.g., muscle tone and routine.
So, in this specific sense, the theory itself seems to be empirically valid. I don’t think it has to be discussed in metaphysical terms, which may lead away from recognizing the practical validity of this approach.
I don’t agree. I mean some children might be taunted in school through their entire life for example, but when they grow up, they leave memory behind and become exremely self- confidant
I agree, except in Metaphysics, memory has nothing to do with the brain.
Good luck!