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I think the biggest giveaway from this article isn't how do you tell a false memory from the real one (because you can't), but the fact that you can have false
by M4v3R 13y ago
I think the biggest giveaway from this article isn't how do you tell a false memory from the real one (because you can't), but the fact that you can have false memories at all. You can be 100% sure that something happened and at the same time be 100% wrong. This happened to me at least once and raises your humility - you never can be 100% right about something. Memory is malleable and it can play tricks on you.
- pessimizer 13y agoOne of my favorite facts is that you can be completely wrong about your current conscious experience, nevermind your memories. A few neat papers on this have been written by Eric Shwitzgebel ( http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~eschwitz/ http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~eschwitz/ ) such as Why Did We Think That We Dreamed in Black and White? and How Well Do We Know Our Own Conscious Experience? The Case of Human Echolocation, or even scarier: Knowing Your Own Beliefs.