The idea that a notebook would be any more reliable than a memory device is ridiculous, he says. He argues the two systems are really just different cognitive processes and part of their mind. Inga has easy access to 53rd Street while auto might lose his notebook or get temporarily separated from it. But they're very unlike the notebooks in our pockets because there is a causal history to where Otto wrote down on Memento.

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