From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Sep 08 1999 - 10:11:12 MDT
From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com>
>if we really have perfect memories
>stored, why haven't such selection pressures resulted in perfect
performance?
Because perfect performers (with full time photographic memory) have
difficulty with creativity, innovation, and abstract learning -- aptitudes
which enhance the ability to solve new problems. Selection pressures
attenuate perfect memory in favor of problem solving capability.
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