We change our memories each time we recall them, but that doesn’t mean we’re lying
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We change our memories each time we recall them, but that doesn’t mean we’re lying
We reinterpret or reconstruct our memory in light of what our mental set is in the present. In this sense, it is more accurate to say the present causes the meaning of the past, than it is to say that the past causes the meaning of the present [italics mine]. . . . Our memories are not “stored” and “objective” entities but living parts of ourselves... See more
Benjamin Hardy • Personality Isn't Permanent
There is no fixed, stable ‘you’—only a collection of related mental imprints over time. The continuity between these states is more tenuous than it appears: our memories are generated afresh each time we access them, with most of the fine details fabricated. Outside of the worst cases of arrested development, we’re much more like a series of differ
... See moreRichard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Nossa memória não é confiável. Com frequência somos levados a acreditar em coisas imprecisas e tendenciosas relativas às nossas experiências. Estudos sugerem que a lembrança que temos de nossas sensações pode ser totalmente diferente da verdadeira sensação que tivemos com a experiência em si.