tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post3524298940681247437..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Questioning my own sanityRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-22615499034300455202007-09-16T14:18:00.000-07:002007-09-16T14:18:00.000-07:00The problem is, the only way to know you got it ba...The problem is, the only way to know you got it badly wrong is if you have convincing evidence or access to multiple other good witnesses that you can test your recollection against. We are rarely in a position where we can verify the accuracy of long term memory objectively.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, it could also be that one tends to remember strongly instances when one's memory was accurate ("my denis biderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662743799740973736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-71536526992514195532007-09-14T15:20:00.000-07:002007-09-14T15:20:00.000-07:00One of the few things about my memory I am truly g...One of the few things about my memory I am truly grateful for is that it almost always flags bad memories as suspect. I may not remember something (heck, I often forget things), but I rarely get it badly wrong.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how common this is?John Douganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697319138259306921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-17663871194009659382007-09-14T04:15:00.000-07:002007-09-14T04:15:00.000-07:00Do I remember that Bush recounted seeing the secon...Do I remember that Bush recounted seeing the second plane crashing into WTC towers as it happened--and wondering how a second accident could have happened!<BR/><BR/>Whereas, the video wasn't actually aired till much later and the President would have been briefed about what was happening much before that.Sunil Bajpaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415704915268691419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-9334282358254980852007-09-13T11:12:00.000-07:002007-09-13T11:12:00.000-07:00The mind remembers things that happened but forget...The mind remembers things that happened but forgets the context... then when you try to remember the context, which you have forgotten, it gets confused and fakes one. Then the new faked context becomes burned in like a real memory; the memories of what did happen become interwoven with a fabric of faked stuff...<BR/><BR/>It is unfortunate that, looking back at our own lives, we sometime seem to denis biderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662743799740973736noreply@blogger.com