Inspired by [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g2csg5/what_fact_is_ignored_generously/fnlesbi?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) comment by u/squigs, I came here to ask you: Why we can’t remember details of things and, in most of the times, we make up things to fill the gaps on our memory.
Why does our brain do this?
In: Biology
Your brain is essentially,
1. input. eg. trying to recall memory, thinking about life or spying that cookie
2. brain does something. brain can modify itself that affects future actions too! eg. trying to find where in the brain memory is stored, or making your legs start moving, or panic attacks.
you should look at the other top comment where it says the brain isn’t a database.
because a brain is just a neural network with the ability to modify and grow doesn’t make it a super power. I would argue that being able to remember stuff is more of a side effect evolution of our brain that proved useful (eg. that berry isn’t poisonous and that dude is friendly), so the brain set aside some part of it’s neural network in order to TRY to store memories, aka highlighted short clips of what the brain is experiencing at the time.
also, the brain is a auto-completion engine so it can make stuff up very easily. our brain fills up the blind spot of our eyes, etc. all without us CONSCIOUSLY knowing / putting effort
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