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Originally Posted by SongwriterFan
The difference is, your wife has a way of proving it. 
Proving that one can remember exactly how a guitar sounded 1, 5, 10, 20, etc years ago is a bit more difficult to accomplish. |
Not sure proof enters into it or is even possible. It is very possible some individuals have anomalous abilities that can neither be proved or disproved. John Edwards gets on TV and talks to dead people. He can't prove he does nor can anyone prove he can't. You either accept it or you don't.
Sensory memory in all mammals and maybe other species is very limited. Best theory I have heard for why this is the case is that it would be debilitating to "re-experience" extreme pain on demand as it would be "de-motivating" to be able to "re-experience" extreme pleasure. In both cases, we process a rationalization of the experience and can remember whether we do or do not want to experience it again.