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Forgetting is Key to a Healthy Mind
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scientificamerican.com
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rblion
on Dec 29, 2011
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rhizome
on Dec 29, 2011
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In a nutshell: "Big smile? Short memory."
EDIT: changed punctuation. i think it comes across more accurately this way.
carlsednaoui
on Dec 29, 2011
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Hitting a paywall
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on Dec 29, 2011
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Try:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=trying-to-f...
gm
on Dec 29, 2011
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Paywall as well.
rblion
on Dec 29, 2011
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thanks.
pazimzadeh
on Dec 29, 2011
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Access it from reedit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/nu6qq/forgetting_is...
codex
on Dec 30, 2011
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I think a more accurate title is "prioritization is key to a healthy mind.". Forgetting is just deprioritizing, and only by prioritizing can our mind efficiently filter and process the most important information.
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EDIT: changed punctuation. i think it comes across more accurately this way.