Steven Pinker -- How the Mind Works - Hampshire High Italian ...

74 J HOW THE MIND WORKSLong-Term Memory Short-Term Memory GoalDuddie is-maleEdgar sibling-of AbelEdgar- is-maleFanny sibling-of AbelFanny is-femaleGordie sibling-of BellaGordie is-maleNow that we know the parents, we can find the parents' siblings.Mechanically speaking: now that the names of the parents are written inShort-Term Memory, a demon can spring into action that copies inscriptionsabout the parents' siblings:Here is its handiwork:IF: Goal = Find Parent's SiblingsShort-Term Memory = X parent-of YLong-Term Memory = Z sibling-of XShort-Term Memory * Z sibling-of XTHEN: COPY TO SHORT-TERM MEMORYZ sibling-of XERASE GOALLong-Term Memory Short-Term Memory GoalAbel parent-of Me Abel parent-of Me Gordie uncle-of Me?Abel is-male Bella parent-of Me Distinguish Uncles/AuntsBella parent-of Me Edgar sibling-of AbelBella is-female Fanny sibling-of AbelClaudia sibling-of Me Gordie sibling-of BellaClaudia is-femaleDuddie sibling-of MeDuddie is-maleEdgar sibling-of AbelEdgar is-maleFanny sibling-of AbelFanny is-femaleGordie sibling-of BellaGordie is-male