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Memory is malleable and false memories can be created in people's minds even when they know it is happening. If the police are showing pictures and telling a na
by itronitron 7y ago
Memory is malleable and false memories can be created in people's minds even when they know it is happening. If the police are showing pictures and telling a narrative then that will eventually be adopted as the person's memory.
- barrkel 7y agoThat's exactly right and I don't know why people would downvote it unless they've never had it happen to them. I remember having a quite nasty accident as a kid, but actually it happened to my friend, and I only found out many years later when recounting it. I've had some similar episodes while drunk, but not as extreme as that one.
- sharkweek 7y agoI have a memory as a young kid watching a spaceship launch in person. I even told my first grade class about it during show and tell time or something. I remember this because the teacher corrected me, suggesting maybe I watched something on TV (probably true). I live in the PNW and have never been near a spaceship launch but to this day it feels kind of like a real memory. It seems that over time it’s pretty easy to write false memories into our real memories.