Apparently Being Forgetful Is A Sign Of High Intelligence

We're using that excuse anyways!

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Listen up forgeful people!

The scatterbrains among us might actually be smarter than people who can remember loads of stuff.

In fact, being a tad forgetful could be a sign of higher intelligence.

According to Ladbible, a study by the University of Toronto concluded that having a hazy memory isn't exactly a bad thing. 

Professor Blake Richards, one of the publishers of the study said:

"It's important that the brain forgets irrelevant details and instead focuses on the stuff that's going to help make decisions in the real world.

"We know that exercise increases the number of neurons in the hippocampus, but they're exactly those details from your life that don't actually matter, and that may be keeping you from making good decisions."

In a nutshell - our brains are programmed to prioritise the important information and forget the less useful stuff and forgetting the occasional thing is a function of a healthy brain.

As Professor Richards explains:

"One of the things that distinguishes an environment where you're going to want to remember stuff versus an environment where you want to forget stuff is this question of how consistent the environment is and how likely things are to come back into your life."

Well there ya go!