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Neuroscience and forgetting things. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.

Forgetting things can be so annoying. It can even be worrying.

• What time is my doctor’s appointment?

• Hey look, it’s my daughter’s friend’s dad, whom I’ve only met like 30 times and talked with for 40 minutes last week. What on earth is his name?

• Oh, and highly relevant: Which story that Kate and Tom discussed did I say I planned to share in today’s newsletter?

Well, we have some good and interesting news to share on this front. First of all, if you worry about forgetting things: stop. It's not likely to help in any event. But second, it turns out that forgetting things might actually be a neurological advantage. 

How? According to a new theory in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, there are several key points:

• First, we have to remember that, at any moment, we're all exposed to far more stimuli than we could possibly pay attention to, never mind remember accurately, even just seconds or minutes later.

• Second, forgetting some things—maybe most things—is a natural mechanism of the brain,…