I never considered the 3D aspect; but it makes perfect sense.*
For me, I find that as long as the LOCATION is more or less the
same, I can find something again.* With messy piles, I like the
face that little pieces of everything are "sticking out"; and
with the clues of location plus a piece of the actual item
sticking out, I can retrieve things very quickly.
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[2]KENNETH UDUT
3:13 AM
+[3]Ulrich Baer In thinking about it, I'd say that our brains
may store best in a slightly less than 3D fashion; perhaps 2.5D
or 2.75D: Think about the wireframe of a 3D cube; we can see
every point except the one that is furthest in the back; that's
a blind spot (the "180 degrees behind") that we have the
greatest trouble with conceptualizing. In other words, things
"disappear" if we don't see them.* A human weakness I think. But
we see and remember much of the way around things; certainly
much more than 2D.* We also have Time on our side; "when" we
last saw something.* A benefit of our Time travelling brain.* It
might not be linear time; but certainly we can remember
circumstances and situations that happened around the time we
last saw something, helping in our retrieval of the object.
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