"Clarity" ...The second enemy of the 'man of knowledge.'
(Juan Matus)
Ode Coyote wrote:
You certainly remember it "clearly"....But do you remember it
"accurately"?
Memory is by no means reliable, it is edited all the time and the new
versions of events are just as clear and detailed to the person as the old.
The other night on "Mind Control with Derren Brown", a fellow wrote down
what he wanted for his birthday.
He wanted a red BMX bike and Derren had it in a big gift box sitting
right there, except..that fellow had written "Leather Jacket" a few days
earlier and sealed the note in an envelope in his wallet.
He could not believe he had not written BMX Bike, but there it was in
his own handwriting "Leather Jacket"
Derren explained and showed how he did it.
Pretty amazing stuff.
Bottom line: If the police in any way suggest that someone did
something, say, make a suspect in a line up stand out in any way or a
photo look like someone you saw as you entered the room..but didn't even
consciously notice, it's very likely the victims memory will be altered
AND remain crystal clear.
If you didn't get a really clear look at the abductor or were distracted
while being in the middle of the attempt, the very next person you did
see clearly that looked anything like the clues you had may have
replaced the image of the actual abductor ....and you will not know that
it happened...especially if that person was not involved in any way and
you didn't notice just glancing at him.
The fact that you don't believe that's possible, makes it even more
probable.
Try this: Write down every detail of an important preferably traumatic
and very personal event, what you saw and felt about it as it is
happening or very soon after.
Put it away for 2 years and go back and read it.
I did that while losing my ex to alcoholism. [She died]
I could not believe I had written what I did.
I no longer take my feelings and memories very seriously, ESPECIALLY the
"important" ones.
Now..."I believe I saw" gets more credit as a truthful statement than "I
know I saw".
Whenever I encounter certainty, I am reminded to doubt...especially my
own certainties.
It's better to be rightfully wrong than wrongfully right.
ode
At 11:39 AM 8/17/2007 +0100, you wrote:
How can you *not* know the man who raped you? The mind boggles! I can
remember the face of the man who tried to abduct me as a six year old, to
this day. Dee
-------Original Message-------
From: Jonathan B. Britten
Date: 08/17/07 10:05:34
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Argentyn 23 & EIS
Very good point. Many death-row inmates put away on "rock solid"
Eyewitness testimony have been proven innocent and released. I read a
Simply brilliantly awful, long mea-culpa by a woman who sent "her
Rapist" to prison for more than a decade. She was 100% certain of the
Identification. She got the wrong man, and lives with the knowledge.
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