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When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.

Clive Thompson

When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.

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About Clive Thompson

Clive Thompson may refer to:

Clive Thompson (businessman) (born 1943), Deputy Chairman of Strategic Equity Capital
Clive Thompson (journalist) (born 1968), Canadian freelance journalist, blogger and science and technology writer