In the documentary on Mr Rogers a couple of years ago, they talked about some of the urban myths of the man, like the reason he wore sweaters was because he was an ex-Marine who had tattoos covering his arms
On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > As I tried to point out during all the hyperventilating during the Brian > Williams affair, this kind of thing is not related to honesty, or even to > memory impairment. This is the predictable and expected outcome of the > normal processes underlying human memory. This particular phenomenon is > referred to as Source Confusion. Tom correctly remembers the story, but has > forgotten the source of the story. Once those two things get disconnected, > we lose the ability to accurately evaluate or contextualizing the memory, > and sometimes, as wrong as it is, it still subjectively feels real. > > When I was teaching I would call this the National Enquirer effect, > because it is not uncommon for people to casually see a headline in the NE > while standing in the checkout line, and later, regardless of how > outlandish, report it as true to their friends, because they had forgotten > where they had read it. > > This is why, in formal communication, we should always check the source > and not rely on subjective memory. Confidence in a memory is independent of > accuracy. But I’m not sure we hold raconteurs on late night talk shows > quite to that standard. > > On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 11:22 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The story about Lee Marvin and Captain Kangaroo at Iwo Jima is great, but >> it's not true. >> >> https://www.incirlik.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/303263/the-truth-is-better-than-fiction/ >> >> Ironically, Colbert told Tom Hanks he was a great talk show guest. Maybe >> this is why. Hanks said he saw it himself, when it never happened. >> >> https://youtu.be/W9zFo8MO9Qk >> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzavPzFYAR6EJgc02sfxhcQ6WVaWbBtGb2Bk2UxrSM_qw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzavPzFYAR6EJgc02sfxhcQ6WVaWbBtGb2Bk2UxrSM_qw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKqjL%3D81CUhUXqVFTsYhwR%2BzBbAi1UO7SOEuZz%2Bb6bbpA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKqjL%3D81CUhUXqVFTsYhwR%2BzBbAi1UO7SOEuZz%2Bb6bbpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AVCdEoWc-RB7CWhCZKEfupd8hq7r6%2BJDLiswSFgOYYfg%40mail.gmail.com.
