Brain and computer memories analogous
Memory formation in the human brain must be sufficiently similar to memory formation in a computer for the argument to work. In the article cited below, L.S. Schulman makes this case - though with less than total conviction because of our lack of knowledge amount how brains work.
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The Arrow of Time  »The Arrow of Time 
The experience of time »The experience of time
Passage view components »Passage view components
Flow and direction of time? »Flow and direction of time?
Memory accretion hypothesis  »Memory accretion hypothesis 
Direction is that of memory accretion »Direction is that of memory accretion
Why aligned with thermodynamic arrow? »Why aligned with thermodynamic arrow?
Information theoretic explanation »Information theoretic explanation
Argument from computation »Argument from computation
Brain and computer memories analogous
Memory encoding a physical process »Memory encoding a physical process
Substrate neutrality »Substrate neutrality
Computers not bound to Landauer's Principle »Computers not bound to Landauer's Principle
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