Dec 4, 2017
"Memory is fascinating. Take this psychological experiment: A group of ten people were shown various childhood images. Nine were really from their childhood and one was fake. Their portrait was pasted into a fairground they never visited. Eighty percent recognised themselves. They recognised the photos as real! Twenty percent couldn't remember. The researchers asked them again. The second time, the others said that they remembered the image. 'Such a wonderful day at the park with my parents.' They remembered a completely fabricated experience. Memory is dynamic. It's alive. If some details are missing, memory fills holes with things that never happened." Memory (1/2). Waltz with Bashir (2008).
