"We no longer see the evolution of the nervous system, but that of a certain individual. The role of the memory is very important but... not as important as we believe. Most of the important things that we do don't depend on memory. To hear, to see, to touch, to feel happiness and pain; these are functions which are independent of memory; it is an a priori thing. Thus, for me, what memory does is to modify that a priori thing, and this it does in a very profound way."
Source : "Vice's Shane Smith and Tom Freston on Sending Dennis Rodman to North Korea for HBO". Interview with Eriq Gardner, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 12, 2013.