EstherJ wrote:
People either think you're smart or really nerdy when you start spouting out technical info about the topic at hand because your brain does this.
No one thinks I am smart. I am not spouting out technical information. I only pull words or discrete concepts that may or may not be relevant to the topic at hand. Not information. Just bits.
Unless you think I am smart, simply because I can say "reticular activating system!" LOL!
Like dalurker said. It's bits and pieces and I don't know how they are related.
I guess the only time it is helpful is sometimes in tests, I will know the right answer (like in multiple choice), not because I understand the content, but because my brain recognizes that two things are related, even if I don't know how they are related.
Sometimes I have the opposite problem. I can't pull anything. Or I'll say "I don't know, but I know it begins with an L" because all I pull is an L. 9 times out of 10, when I finally find the answer, it begins with L, but it is of little use to me to know that, because "L" is too large of a place to look.
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