I was just summing up a concept I remembered from somewhere. If we’re going to get specific about it, it’s called Weber’s Law, there’s an interesting numberphile video about it about the rate of change, and our experience with different levels of stimulus where the required “ratio” to feel a difference remains the same, which essentially means it takes more to notice the more experiences we’ve had in total. It wasnt an anecdote either, it was a metaphor for that concept / law regarding life experiences. It’s a very real thing.

It being neurons reinforcing connections doesn’t mean there isnt a rate of change, and my example in no way implies there’s a hard drive (nor does Webers law)

Edit: it’s also interesting because it’s the answer to the question of “how much can they shrink the candy bar before we notice?”.