I think its quite insane and I wonder what exactly is preventing everyone else from this. If I had a perfect memory, I would love to learn so many things.
i give about equal odds that either there’s some evolutionary downside to it (requires more energy, or makes you more vulnerable to brain injury somehow), or it’s just completely irrelevant to our survival and so it’s neither selected for nor against.
It would be very funny and miserable if the only thing holding humanity back from perfect memory is evolutionary indifference.
People with this condition remember every detail. Phone number in a piece of paper 20 years ago.
I think its quite insane and I wonder what exactly is preventing everyone else from this. If I had a perfect memory, I would love to learn so many things.
i give about equal odds that either there’s some evolutionary downside to it (requires more energy, or makes you more vulnerable to brain injury somehow), or it’s just completely irrelevant to our survival and so it’s neither selected for nor against.
It would be very funny and miserable if the only thing holding humanity back from perfect memory is evolutionary indifference.