• kamenLady.@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m wondering now, how our little brains would adapt to living like for thousands of years. Would we really start forgetting things that are waaaay back?

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      10 months ago

      You would forget most everything. Even big events would become fuzzy. Do you remember what you had for lunch on this date when you were 5?

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      10 months ago

      I’ve already forgotten most of my childhood and I’m only around 30. So I’d assume, yes.

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          10 months ago

          Nah, it’s just shitty memory. I have had quite the happy childhood, actually.

          I don’t find myself reminiscing a lot and in the rare cases I do, there are quite some gaps. Even in more recent times. If I really try to dig, maybe it comes back, but I assume it’s “use it or lose it”.