Isn't this obvious? Anyone who was old enough to remember 9/11 whom I've spoken ...

AdieuToLogic · 2025-09-27T00:31:03 1758933063

> Anyone who was old enough to remember 9/11 whom I've spoken to can recall several mundane aspects of that day.

The subtitle addresses this:

  BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be 
  strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an 
  emotionally charged event[0]

0 - https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/why-do-we-remember-some-mom...

arp242 · 2025-09-27T00:25:56 1758932756

"Previous studies have disagreed on whether or not weaker memories are stabilized, or made easier to recall, by attachment to a more prominent one."

So doesn't seem that obvious at all.

I remember random mundane events from tons of random days, unconnected to any prominent event (as near as I can determine anyway). And I also remember some random mundane stuff from days something prominent did happen. Whether there's a bias towards days with prominent events is entirely unclear to me.