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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why don’t we remember falling asleep?
gpt
Memories are similar to data stored in a computer - it either reads (looks back on a stored memory) or it writes (logs and saves data / memories). When you’re about to fall asleep, your brain is going from conscious to unconscious, where it won’t write new memories. Without storing information, you don’t remember going to sleep because your brain simply doesn’t write it to memory.