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Also, I think people tend to project their current selves onto their past selves in their memories. I even sometimes find that I have an odd sense of having kno
by mistercow 13y ago
Also, I think people tend to project their current selves onto their past selves in their memories. I even sometimes find that I have an odd sense of having known something before I learned it, because it's difficult for me to viscerally recall my previous unknowing state.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoThis works in reverse, too: Adults forget how capable some children can be, because they either weren't a capable child themselves, or forget how capable they were as a kid. Probably because adults are biologically prone to shy away from thinking of children as little adults.
- glenra 13y agoI think a large part of the appeal of Ender's Game was that it treats unusually bright 11-year-olds as capable moral actors - the author clearly remembered what it was like to be one to a degree few other authors do.