May 2012
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philososaur:
“…consider what we have learned from experimental psychology about confabulation. There are various kinds of cognitive impairment (to memory, to perception, etc.) for which the subject will compensate by creating a false narrative to “fill in the gaps.” Someone suffering from Korsakoff’s syndrome fails to admit, even to herself, the severe memory loss she suffers, but rather invents...
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We are all connected. To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via emotional-algebra)
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Yet how malleable our memories are, even if our brains are intact....
– Mira Bartok (The Memory Palace)
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