[barrysteve]

When reading and writing was new, there was a real problem of authors becoming reactive and narrowing their writing to a reaction of what they read.

The same concept can happen with coders. They don't have an understanding and purpose for code outside of the computer, and they code reactively. Therefore it is easy for them to forget.

It is also worth noting that the culture and electronic lesuire has become very mentally consuming (if you allow it to be). It is possible to use electronic media so much that you forget code.