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Rebecca Sharrock, one of the only people in the world with Hyperthymesia She can remember virtually every single day of her life in vivid detail, including being in her crib at just 12 days old. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    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.

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