A surgeon might remember anatomy with great accuracy but he is unlikely to remember the details of some case law nearly as well. Our memories are associative, t

A surgeon might remember anatomy with great accuracy but he is unlikely to remember the details of some case law nearly as well. Our memories are associative, that is how they differ from computers. It's easy for a surgeon to remember anatomy because he has been immersed in it for a long time and it all interconnects, i.e there are a lot of associations to call up the memory. Computers on the other hand could remember 20 facts about anatomy and 20 facts about case law no problem without needing any framework to attach them to.