"Besides the occasional memory gaffe, the brain's approach to forgetting serves us well, and our retrieval failures help prune away memories that we don't really need."
— Boser, Ulrich
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June 30, 2017
Metaphor
"Besides the occasional memory gaffe, the brain's approach to forgetting serves us well, and our retrieval failures help prune away memories that we don't really need."
Metaphor in Context
Besides the occasional memory gaffe, the brain's approach to forgetting serves us well, and our retrieval failures help prune away memories that we don't really need. Or consider living with an unending library of easily recalled memories. It would be overwhelming: Dates, names, phone numbers -- they would all be constantly top of mind.
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Citation
Ulrich Boser, "Forgot Where You Parked? Good," The New York Times (June 30, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Titled "Why It's Good to Forget" in the print edition of the Times.
Titled "Why It's Good to Forget" in the print edition of the Times.
Date of Entry
07/07/2017
