Why do you desire to remember useless facts? I bet 99% of the stuff taught in classes in college is stuff most people never need to know. Einstein talked about this, and said " What is the use of filling space in my brain with facts, terms, studies, and defititions, when if ever I need some of this information I can look it up in a common book"? The human brain has limited storage for memories as well as knowledge, and facts, and as this space gets filled we tend to lose other info. All to often the info you lose is what you actually needed in the first place. I have a theory that this is the exact reason why it seems doctors have no common sense, because they are so full of info that they could quickly read in a book or wikipedia that useless info has got pushed out. This is also the reason that for the most part the USA school system is a joke. It teaches us to learn things we don't need, that we can look up as we need it. Instead of facts and figures, we should be taught reasoning skills, financial independence, and the basic r's. School should foster our creativity, not shut it down with useless facts.
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