Re: So my brain is(n\'t) weird?
I'm terrible at names also but that's just a function of how my brain seems to work.
I'm absolutely horrible at remembering general facts, especially "unconnected" ones like names of new people of whom I have no previous information base for. If I understand something, I won't forget that. But if it's just a simple piece of data, my brain has a habit of seeing it as unimportant and uninteresting and filtering it out of my long term memory. I have to try to convince my brain that it is important before I can remember that new piece of information.
Most people's brains do this type of filtering, I'm just convinced mine does a lot more of this filtering out than the average person's.
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