[HN Gopher] What happens to our memory as we age?
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What happens to our memory as we age?
Author : shsachdev
Score : 11 points
Date : 2024-03-16 20:16 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| claytongulick wrote:
| This seems like a shallow take on a complex subject.
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| It seems overly simplistic to unilaterally claim that our brains
| decline past age 30.
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| Sure, under some metrics. Under others they improve [1].
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| There's a reason why we don't put 20 year olds in charge of our
| nuclear arsenal, for example - and it has nothing to do with the
| ability to remember a sequence of 7 numbers instead of 6.
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| [1]https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/why-you-
| should-...
| spurgu wrote:
| > There's a reason why we don't put 20 year olds in charge of
| our nuclear arsenal, for example
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| Articles touches upon that:
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| > I don't think any of us would trade our lived experience for
| a faster-working brain.
| eastbound wrote:
| Wow, I think a lot of us would exchange their lived
| experiences with anything, even pay to get rid of them.
| Although most people try to get over it at work, most people
| aren't well, mentally-wise.
| spurgu wrote:
| That sounds a bit hyperbolic to me. There's not a whole lot
| I would wanna exchange my experiences for.
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| Basically we're talking about traveling back in time but
| forgetting all your memories after that point. And without
| those memories you'd just end up at exactly the same spot
| where you now are, wouldn't you? Assuming the universe is
| deterministic. Which paradoxically means you actually
| cherish those lived experiences so much that you wanna
| relive them. ;)
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