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    Diversions

    Sep 03, 2021 4 minutes

    NOTES & QUERIES

    Taking an unforgettable trip down memory lane

    How does your brain know that you know something when you can’t remember it?

    Would the questioner please be more clear: is he talking about the known known unknowns; or the unknown known unknowns?

    Allan McDougall Whakatane, New Zealand

    • Because it is smarter than I am. Edward P Wolfers Corrimal, NSW, Australia

    • Your brain holds a memory of the last time that you remembered the information, even if you cannot recall the information itself. Sleep on it and you may well get the memory back.

    Arthur Williams Nottingham, England, UK

    • Because it knows that you don’t need to remember – it’s sufficient just to know

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