eli5 why brain memory is imperfect but computer memory is near perfect
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Brains optimize themselves all the time. Connections that you use a lot are reinforced, connection that you don’t use a lot will slowly diminish and be removed.
That’s important for efficiency, it makes the first thing that comes to your mind more likely to be relevant. Brains work by connections/associations, unlike a computer you can’t search the whole memory for a specific thing, you have to reach it through things it’s connected to.
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