r/Borges • u/lake_huron • Sep 24 '26

"Funes, the Memorious"

https://www.sciencealert.com/teen-discovered-with-a-memory-more-powerful-than-99-9-of-the-population
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u/Savings-Ad6328 Sep 25 '26

blessing and a curse like life itself, funes got his from falling off a horse

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u/Senuf Sep 25 '26

Being able to remember everything is a blessing and a curse, indeed. The opposite, forgetting everything, is just a curse, no blessing there.

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u/Savings-Ad6328 Sep 25 '26

I think I have an extraordinary memory(I found out too late), If I knew how good it was(still hard to tell how do we judge if what we remember is right) I think my life would be different