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Why is memory so often associated with intelligence?
I know many people who are very intelligent, but have poor memory. Personally I couldn’t name all 50 states, but I could explain to you the workings of a very complicated circuit, or describe why an electron behaves the way it does.
Why, in our culture, do we assume people with a poor memory are not intelligent? Is this restricted to our culture? Is there evidence to support this idea?
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