Minsky argues for many different kinds of memory, describing them as different kinds of memory agencies. Why do we have so many? Minsky doesn't answer this question here. (NB: Is splitting memory into different memory agencies going to buy us more than the more traditional view of having different memory systems, which (as far as I can tell) is motivated by exactly the same evidence that Minsky is keying into here?)
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