One important point: Krulwich doesn't glorify himself in the telling of this story. Quite the opposite.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Darren Glass <[email protected]> wrote: > > I certainly don't know enough to have an actual opinion on this issue, but > I am reminded of this Robert Krulwich story from This American Life: > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQ9Gx2-ceM > > On Feb 10, 2015, at 8:52 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > The NYT ran a piece today that explains some of the details behind the > argument I have been making here about the reconstructive nature of memory. > It includes this quote from Elizabeth Loftus, perhaps the second most > influential living psychologist (behind Albert Bandura) and the leading > expert on the nature of memory and its illusions: > > “You’ve got all these people saying the guy’s a liar and convicting him of > deliberate deception without considering an alternative hypothesis — that > he developed a false memory,” said Elizabeth Loftus, a leading memory > researcher and a professor of law and cognitive science at the University > of California, Irvine. “It’s a teaching moment, and a chance to really try > to get information out there about the malleable nature of memory.” > > > http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/was-brian-williams-a-victim-of-false-memory/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
