very interesting topic, yes i think we still are very narrow minded when it comes to various learning strategies and ways people absorb information.

the edu system rewards readers and people good at written tests, while ignoring a wide range of other cleverness, skills, and abilities

interesting about lyrics, i've always been good with lyrics but terrible about remembering poetry or jokes.

it is interesting, i often think of all the things i've read... if i could only remember all the info i've read, not the parts that i didn't understand, but what i just understood, even with that i'd be about 10-100x more knowledgable than i am ... it's hard to categorize knowledge, because although we often can't remember the facts, we do often still have a general impression or template/form in our head of the experience, which may be a type of wisdom, not sure, deep topic

peace