I was thinking something along those lines too. As if a baby starts with a fully connected network of many nodes, then over time experience strengthens some con

I was thinking something along those lines too. As if a baby starts with a fully connected network of many nodes, then over time experience strengthens some connections as others drop out. If the connections were to return to an evenly connected state everything would have been forgotten, but anything could then be learned as all capacity to learn has returned.