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I'm (obviously) not sure if this is related, but I know my brain has its own ideas about utility: I can easily recall the names of all seven castaways, and many
by gcanyon 3y ago
I'm (obviously) not sure if this is related, but I know my brain has its own ideas about utility: I can easily recall the names of all seven castaways, and many actor's names in general, but I have to write down the names of people I worked with for two years so I can recall them later.
And I can feel this messed-up sense of utility: even though I know in the abstract that real people's names are far more important, my brain experiences noticeable pleasure upon recalling pointless minutiae that it just doesn't for many more useful things. Hello, forty digits of pi, good-bye, python co-routines -- which I read about two days ago and now realize I need to read about again.
- V__ 3y agoI'm in the same boat. I can recall faces and where I saw them extremely well, but boy o boy am I able to forget your name while you are saying it to me. It is as if nonesense is more fun for the brain and therefore gets remembered better.
- quickthrower2 3y agoI have problem with both faces and names of occasionally meet people, which sucks. Or often met people who I haven't seen for years.
- selimthegrim 3y agoWhere did you read about python coroutines?
- optimalsolver 3y agoIn your comment, just now.
- quickthrower2 3y agoDroll
- gcanyon 3y agoIn the massive cheat sheet that was posted a couple months ago. Here’s the link: https://gto76.github.io/python-cheatsheet/ https://gto76.github.io/python-cheatsheet/
- selimthegrim 3y agoThank you for the pertinent reply.
- greggsy 3y agoI have the same problem occasionally, and I think you’ll find that you’re not alone, and (probably, hopefully) not getting early on set dementia. I have observed that it gets better the more often you call people by their name. I.e. practice…
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- coldtea 3y ago>my brain experiences noticeable pleasure upon recalling pointless minutiae Could be adhd "excitement driven" focus/memory...
- getwiththeprog 3y agoIMHO one remembers the names of celebrities because the TV has hacked ones brain.