which is WORSE, To REMEMBER something Meant to be FORGOTTEN or To FORGET something Meant to be REMEMBERED?

Question

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Answer 1

Well...nothing should be ''meant'' to be forgotten because that is merely doing an unjustice to you life's memories and experiences.
So the second statement...the true one...is worse. If one forgets something that is meant to be remembered...and everything in one's life should be meant to be remembered because every second of your life is a memory. Memories that you have collected and you should remember for each memory you forget....you lose a second of your own lifetime.





A lifetime that is meant to be remembered.

Answer 2

It depends on who is doing the remembering or forgetting
and who it is meant for.

If both "who"s are the self then remembering something
meant to be forgotten is worse. Forgetting something
nullifies the evaluation of the thing, and absence of
evaluation can't evaluate to discontent(assuming that
the forgetting is not recognized by the self). On the
other hand, remembering something which should
have been forgotten eliminates the purpose of forgetting.
I am not suggesting that forgetfulness is a willful
endeavor, but the sub-conscious might play a role
in forgetting in favor of the self's best interest.

If individual 1 is doing the remembering and forgetting
and individual 2 is who the remembering is for then
forgetting something is worse. This scenario implies
individual 2's dependence on the memory of individual 1.
Remembering something meant to be forgotten usually
acts as a check and balance to the evaluation of the
thing which was forgotten. For example, if something
receives a conclusion and then later on that conclusion
is forgotten and a new conclusion is drawn then that
new conclusion is probably more up-to-date then
the previous conclusion, so the remembering is
beneficial.

Answer 3

It's worse to forget something meant to be remembered, because nothing was "meant" to be forgotten, otherwise it would have been. There are things we would LIKE to forget, however the consequence to remembering those are less severe than forgetting to remember something like you and your wife's anniversary, or an appointment/interview date, etc. In fact traumatic experiences in the past which people bury deep within their mind affect your life in a negative way, until they are remembered and resurfaced so as to deal with the problem. There is little consequence to remembering anything, how ever unpleasant those memories may be.

Answer 4

Forget something meant to be remembered. Nothing should be forgotten.

Answer 5

Seems like we ALWAYS seem to remember the things that are meant to be forgotten. Things that people say that were very hurtful, for example.....we WANT to forget them, but......they always seem to be there. Best to let the OLD SAD things GO ~ once an for all! And remember the most important things! Sometimes a challenge!

Answer 6

Forget something Meant to be remembered.

Answer 7

To forget something meant to be remembered. because with the other way around, you can always forget it again by just not thinking about it. but when you forget something that was meant to be remembered, you cant always remember it again. and then you get in trouble.

Answer 8

In my case definitely remembering something meant to be forgotten. I'm carrying an emotional millstone on my back and I just can't shake it. Maybe others are too.

Its more than just that though. In this information age with almost the sum total of human knowledge available at our fingertips, we can't keep clinging to the cave-man notion that we have to keep gaining knowledge.

Information overload is the computer age disaster, not ignorance. OK plenty of people are still ignorant but thats not because the information is not out there, perhaps its because there is too much to take in.

Being able to sort through information, to decide what is useful and what is not and then to dump the rest seems to me to be the most important skill these days. Too many people are still in 'greed' mode where they think information is money and they have to acquire as much as possible.

Answer 9

To forget something meant to be remembered.

Answer 10

My guess is that to forget something meant to be Remembered.