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I've also heard so many more impressive and concrete memory anecdotes. John Mulaney had a great one about Bill Clinton remembering his mother's name decades af
by saalweachter 4y ago
I've also heard so many more impressive and concrete memory anecdotes.
John Mulaney had a great one about Bill Clinton remembering his mother's name decades after meeting her once in college.
So I was expecting a lot more out of this article.
- xyzzy_plugh 4y ago> John Mulaney had a great one about Bill Clinton remembering his mother's name decades after meeting her once in college. I just want you to know it took me several minutes to parse this correctly.
- xpe 4y agoHearing a particular story about a person’s memory may well be survivorship bias. (Many people will have some impressive memory recollections. A famous person interacts with lots of people —- who are likely to remember those stories —- so certain stories ‘survive’ to be retold.)