Every event that is remembered is recreated from disparate associations. People usually recreate memories in ways that reduce negative affect. (If you don't, you risk depression, etc.) This includes reducing moral threat, ie, culpability. Once something has been misremembered a few times it is subjectively indistinguishable from reality, unless contradicted by reliable objective records. Sometimes, even when contradicted.
Jim On 2 November 2013 01:03, Karl Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 21:31 +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > > The flip side is that drivers lie, all the time, concerning incidents > with vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians. > > Of course. I would simplify your statement to "drivers lie, all the > time, concerning everything". Often to themselves. > > Regards, K. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karl Auer ([email protected]) > http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer > http://twitter.com/kauer389 > > GPG fingerprint: B862 FB15 FE96 4961 BC62 1A40 6239 1208 9865 5F9A > Old fingerprint: AE1D 4868 6420 AD9A A698 5251 1699 7B78 4EEE 6017 > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
