A Theory of the Relationship of the Soul to the Brain, and Memory

      I had an interesting thought for an alternative theory of memory. What if the brain was more like a Chromebook than a Desktop? That is, what if the soul or "psyche" was stored "in the cloud" as opposed to "on the device"? It's been fairly well known that the storage of memory in the brain is still something of a mystery as, while different parts of the brain are clearly dedicated to motor control, sensory inputs, cognitive processing, threat assessment, and so on; there yet remains to be found a memory center of the brain, that is, a dedicated storage device or "hard disk". In this case, the hardware of the brain would maintain a constant connection (possibly due to quantum entanglement?) to the majority of the storage and software of the soul (except perhaps a kind of "BIOS" which allows the brain to function and connect in a minimal way) which is held "in the cloud," the brain itself writing, rewriting, and adding to that software throughout the person's life.

     The theory of memory comes in because the soul, potentially being eternal and therefore not subject to the motion of time in and of itself, is simultaneously present at all points of that person's existence. The soul itself is still present in what the brain, being subject to the motion of time, considers the past. The further through time the brain moves away from a certain moment, the harder it is to remember because all conditions around it, including the structure and makeup of the brain itself, are dynamic and constantly in flux as they are subject to the motion of time. 

     Those memories which are associated with strong emotion, and in particular survival emotions, are retained the longest and sharpest because those have the biggest imprint on the soul, that is, the soul is still being forced to contend with them by the brain at the moment they are happening. As a person changes over time, some memories are harder to recall because the brain itself has changed so much that it can no longer process that software as cleanly or as accurately as it does in the moment when it happens.

     This might also, hypothetically, allow for the idea of reincarnation as well, and why the brain frequently does not synchronize with the previous brain's events and experiences stored with the soul. As I have written before, the brain needs common symbols and frames of reference in order to process information. The soul is still present in that distant past, but because of the extreme differences physically, culturally, linguistically, and so on, the most which can be processed with any accuracy is emotions and feelings, which then the person in this life has no idea where they come from. It might also explain why there are more accounts of very young children being able to remember details from a past life which are more difficult to recall by adults later in life. And the more recent the past life, the more linguistically and culturally similar the past life, the more clear details which can be remembered. In particular, I remember a recent article (CNN I think), within the last year, about a very young boy in the South (3 or 4 years old) who began talking about the murder of his mother's brother as though it had happened to him, and who pointed out the murderer in question.

     This is just a hypothesis, and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. But it is an intriguing concept. As to what the "cloud" is that the soul might be stored in, my thought is that the soul would be stored and held within God, connecting with the brain within the body, but never actually changing "location." Again, just a hypothesis.