I particularly liked your "the cabling is all over the place", it kind of reminds me of some situations I've been in!!

One thing we can also add is that the brain's indexing system, unlike a decent x86 and x86_64's, is totally out of control. You remember a girlfriend's laughter when you're holding a pack of chips, you remember something that someone said somewhere when you slip and fall in the staircase, etc etc