How to Commit the Perfect Murder
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Do You Remember Something That You Did Not Remember That Never Happened?
We're all great at fabricating realities. Our brains are beautiful storytellers, they really like consistency. We turn experiences or pieces of experiences as we remember them into these linear narratives. 70% of the participants in my research told me fully confessed to crimes that they'd never committed. And other people watched the videos and couldn't tell the difference between the same person recalling an event that actually happened, and this false memory.
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