How Your Memory Works (and Sometimes Doesn’t) & Why We Actually Need Viruses
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:36.0 | Today on something you should know, the next time you get a song stuck in your head, I'll tell you the best way to get rid of it. |
| 0:44.0 | Then how your memory works and doesn't work and why it's so often inaccurate. |
| 0:49.0 | So yeah, our memories for what happened are not accurate or reliable. They're quite spittal. You know, when you're so sure of a memory for what happened and you're arguing with your spouse because he thinks something else happened, you're probably both wrong. |
| 1:04.0 | Then, did you know that when you print documents, some fonts use a lot more ink than others. And you might be sick of hearing about viruses. But actually, for the most part, they're a good thing. |
| 1:17.0 | I would not like to live in a world in which there were no viruses. Not only that, but I'm going to explain a little bit later how if we were living in a world without viruses, you and I wouldn't exist. |
| 1:30.0 | All this today on something you should know. |
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| 3:18.0 | Practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know with my carothers. Hi, ever get a song stuck in your head? Ever get that song stuck in your head? I've actually had that song. |
| 3:33.0 | Get stuck in my head that little musical intro there. Those things are called earworms and it seems that the more you try to get it out of your head, the more it keeps playing over and over again. |
| 3:44.0 | Well, here is some well researched advice for getting rid of those songs that keep playing over and over and over. This is from a study from 2016. |
| 3:54.0 | The first piece of advice is to chew gum gum chewing reduces the number of involuntary musical thoughts and affects the music hearing experience and it interferes with a person's ability to recall words from their short term memory. |
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