About memory - Arthur Conan Doyle

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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

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kaikaikaikai 9 years, 10 months ago
This is contrary to what I believe to know about neurology... there is no actual limit to human memory, and I hope noone uses phrases as this one as an excuse not to learn new things.

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