stackyFACTSYou can successfully learn complex new skills while having zero conscious recollection of ever practicing them.
You can successfully learn complex new skills while having zero conscious recollection of ever practicing them. Brenda Milner worked with Patient HM, whose hippocampus was removed, leaving him stuck in a 30-second memory loop. Yet, when asked to trace a star in a mirror daily, he got progressively better at it, proving your meat-suit secretly upgrades its firmware even while your conscious brain remains completely clueless.
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