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Surprising thing is that these people don’t appear to have cluttered brains. They can pull out the right information at the right time, and that’s the puzzle,” McGaugh said. “It kind of takes everything we’ve all assumed, scientists and ordinary people and said, ‘Come on guys. Rethink it,’” Stahl remarked.
The Gift of Endless Memory - 60 Minutes - CBS News
This is clearly not an advantageous trait in terms of genetic replication, but it certainly does offer a massive competitive advantage in today’s information economy.
What if we could all remember every day of our adult lives?
