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179 - The Memory Illusion - Julia Shaw

You Are Not So Smart

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The Cranks Your Tractor?

I think about the fact that these memories can be fictions and then other people can't tell whether or not they're fictions. And so this just simply becomes the story of who we are to ourselves and others. In terms of understanding it, I think it can be really good for empathy to also understand why you might have a different story about an important event than somebody else. So let's say someone you love has a completely different version of something that you experienced with them. Now one thing you can do is accuse them of lying, which probably isn't very good for the relationship. But in some cultures, that's accepted. Understood accepted and incorporated as a value.

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