what do I think - I think the human brain is an amazing thing, science doesnt know everything there is about it. we can only speculate and have our own opinions.

my opinion like already stated is that the brain doesnt store every little ounce. the scans show human beings only use a percentage of their brain not the whole things. in order to only use that amount of space there has to be some sort of limit somewhere of what is stored. an example of this in my opinion is how you can put 5 people in the same room and have the same identical thing happen example criminology classes they get someone to burst into a room holding gun running around screaming and acting like a criminal. those 5 students each one remembers something different, not one of the students remembers within seconds after the situation every single thing about the "crime". that tells me that only what is important to the person at that moment is what gets stored, the rest doesnt get registered by the brain.

put two people in the same movie theater watching the same movie scene and ask them directly after the movie ends about it and each one will have a different point of view based on their own perceptions of what they felt was the important stuff in the movie.

again to me that says only a portion of the whole experience got stored based on their own points of reference of whats important to them.

I like your idea but you asked me what my opinion was and thats what it is.