Yes, and what is most clear, hindsight bias.

 
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On Sep 24, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Michael Britt <[email protected]> wrote:

> As you can see in the video (excellent resource by the way) Ms. Neillson, 
> granddaughter of the steersman who supposedly turned the wrong way, The 
> steersman had plenty of experience in the new system of navigation and 
> therefore would not have made the mistake of turning the wrong way.  I'll 
> speculate that it is in times of stress (you know, like when you're heading 
> straight for an iceberg) that we tend to forget our new training and return 
> to our previous and better-learned methods.
> 
> So it's still a good example of proactive interference.
> 
> However, I'll admit it's possible that either Ms. Patton is retelling an 
> untrue story because her grandmother was trying to protect the reputation of 
> the grandfather, or Ms. Neillson will soon tell her own story because her 
> grandparents want to protect their reputations (no one, understandably, wants 
> to be blamed for the disaster).
> 
> Which makes it an excellent example of protecting one's self-esteem.  
> 
> ;)
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Britt
> [email protected]
> http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
> Twitter: mbritt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:
> 
>> Awesome! The update on the NYT story is the scene showing the moment of 
>> steering from the Titanic movie. That's evidence you can trust (not so much)!
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:08 AM, "Allen Esterson" <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Update on the great Titanic controversy:
>>> 
>>> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/author-claims-steering-error-sank-the-titanic/
>>> 
>>> Allen Esterson
>>> Former lecturer, Science Department
>>> Southwark College, London
>>> [email protected]
>>> http://www.esterson.org
>>> 
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