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Why would a memory enhancing drug only increase rememberance of negative memories and not the positive and loving ones? Such people could become more active, motivated and procreating more because life seemed more motivating for them because they remembered all the good from the past also?


That's not the point, I was just giving an example. It could have millions of effects and whether evolutionary selection would favor these genes is not trivial.


> Why would a memory enhancing drug only increase rememberance of negative memories and not the positive and loving ones?

There's a psychological phenomenon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias


it would increase both, but negative ones can have bad, debilitating consequences in life (cue PTSD, phobias)




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