Is it normal to have massive gaps in one’s memory? And if so, why do our brains do this?

Question

Are our brains just not capable of holding that much information?

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Answer 1

I don’t think it’s a matter of ability. Though vanishingly rare, there are a few genuine cases of eidetic (photographic) memory and I believe they were otherwiae normal healthy people. So the human brain must be capable of it.