The brain, as Kahneman writes, is “a machine for jumping to conclusions” (Kahneman, 2013, 79). And a machine that is designed for jumping to conclusions is not the kind of machine you want to rely on when it comes to facts and rationality – at least, you would want to counterbalance it.
Memories evolve in our brain to seem as if they fit the situation we are in. Moving thoughts and details outside of the brain is the best way to keep a better connection to the reality of the ideas created or learned.
