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We can't reliably distinguish true memories from false memories.


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Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too.



We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.

We all have memories that are malleable and susceptible to being contaminated or supplemented in some way.



Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.

Memory, like liberty, is a fragile thing.



In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.

In real life, as well as in experiments, people can come to believe things that never really happened.



Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.

Without independent corroboration, little can be done to tell a false memory from a true one.



My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.

My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.



You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.

You can go in there and change it, but so can other people.



To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.

To be cautious, one should not take high confidence as any absolute guarantee of anything.



If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.

If we make people believe that before the age of 16 they got sick drinking vodka, they don't want to drink as much vodka.





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To strive to seek to find and not to yield.

To strive to seek to find and not to yield.



I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.

I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.



The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.

The question to ask when you look at security is not whether this makes us safer, but whether it's worth the trade-off.



A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts.

A hypothesis is something which looks as if it might be true and were true, and which is capable of verification or refutation by comparison with facts.



When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.

When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.



I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.

I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.



One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains.

One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains.



The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.

The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.



My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing.

My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing.




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