Saturday, September 18, 2010

memory is constructed like plot

Human memory, driven by emotional self-interest, goes to extraordinary lengths to provide evidence to back up whatever understanding of the world we have our hearts set on--however removed that may be from reality.

Anything processed by memory is fiction. Consciously or unconsciously, we manipulate our memories to include or omit certain aspects. Are our memories therefore fictions?


No comments:

Post a Comment