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Unfortunately, I've got news for you, fallible and manipulable memories have been around for a long time.

For example, see the research of Elizabeth Loftus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Loftus

Here is another useful reference >> http://creativethinking.net/how-easily-false-memories-are-cr...

The really interesting part is that you can create a false memory for someone even while telling them that you are doing it.

Yeah. The widespread belief that memory is reliable - a false belief that this article propogates - is probably a lot more problematic than any of the research being discussed. It's not uncommon to see people presented with facts suggesting that their memories are false, and respond by dismissing the facts ("That can't be true, I remember it, I was there").

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