# Do we remember only 3% of our lives? \[discussion of memory and the "factoid"\]

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**Created:** [December 23, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-remember-only-3-of-our-lives-discussion-of-memory-and-the-factoid/1012061 "2024-12-23T13:26:26Z")\
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> [@Do we remember only 3% of our lives? \[origin of "factoid"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-remember-only-3-of-our-lives-origin-of-factoid/1011977/1):
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> So is there anything to this, or is this just something on the ‘we only use 10% of our brains’-level?

I’d say so. One of those ‘factoids’ that get propagated on the internet… and even before.

There is a Borges story about this:  
‘[Funes the Memorious - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious)’

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