The author says he and his wife have different memories of what happened at various incidents in their past. The book explored artificial intelligence is the hidden layer, where a person's brain interprets an event differently than its conscious counterpart. Differences can be due to genetics or predispositions such as fear towards your spouse versus optimism for example.
Neurologist and author Robert Burton talks about his book, On Being Certain, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Burton explores our need for certainty and the challenge of being skeptical about what our brain tells us must be true. Where does what Burton calls "the feeling of knowing" come from? Why can memory lead us astray? Burton claims that our reaction to events emerges from competition among different parts of the brain operating below our level of awareness. The conversation includes a discussion of the experience of transcendence and the different ways humans come to that experience.