It's misleading to compare two contexts this different. The millennium during which writing slowly evolved was optimized for orality in a way ours is not. Peopl

It's misleading to compare two contexts this different. The millennium during which writing slowly evolved was optimized for orality in a way ours is not. People learned to memorize a lot more, for example. As an approximation you may consider yourself exempt from OP's generalization if you're illiterate.