So basically our brain is this super awesome thing that does a lot of work for us. But memory is kind of weird. I can remember like 2 or 3 scenes from back when I was just a little child but I can’t even remember what I ate for lunch a week ago. Also I still know the name of some games I played 10+ years ago but have forgotten some games that I played only like 5 years ago. Why is our memory so limited and why are there things I remeber that are absolutely randomly.
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I believe our brain is like a hdd. It can only store so much and the older unused files/memories will be erased for new stuff.
Humans can. There are 6 known people with amazing memories. Marilu Henner, a tv star in the 70s is one. You can find videos of her demonstrating it. She can remember for any date what she ate, wore, did, etc.
She seems to suffer no I’ll effects from it. So it is unclear if there is a reason everyone can’t do it besides those 6 is because it is bad in some way or that mutation just hasn’t spread.
You can memorize insane amount of information if try ina correct way. Repetition is usually pretty bad. Google something like a memory palace. People remember places better than other things connecting memories to paces makes recalling very easy
There’s a really good analogy I learned a while ago. Think of it like a path in the snow. Once someone accesses a memory, you create a path in the snow. Now, this is still a rough path, so it would be hard to access. However, the more you access it, the easier it is to cross the path and retrieve the memory. The less you access it, the more snow piles up on the path, making it harder to cross.
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