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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 10 Feb 2015

    Try fact-checking your own memories. A humbling experience. Google everything. http://nyti.ms/16IdN5p  via @nytimeswell

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      2. Happy Brain Science‏ @ScottCrab 10 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker to me the odd thing is not that our memories are imperfect, but that we believe so strongly they are accurate. @nytimeswell

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      3.  🎃 💨This Is Halloweed 🎃 💨‏ @ScottMayBStoned 10 Feb 2015
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        @ScottCrab @sapinker @nytimeswell The reason eyewitness testimony counts for nil in scientific experimentation. Why it's valued in court...?

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      1. Jimbo Dim the Lights  👻  🌘‏ @jimoutofbennies 10 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell Robert Krulwich of NPR's Radiolab told Ira Glass about how he misremembered an incident:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQ9Gx2-ceM …

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      1. ptermx‏ @ptermx 11 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell Should we simply admit that memory is a fiction that's often close to fact rather than stigmatize "false" memories?

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      1. Graham Chivers  ✏️‏ @deepgreendesign 11 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker In ~1985 I decided 2 understand process, not remember facts. Now I have @wikipedia & @Google 2 fill in the blanks. #Winning

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      1. Julie Bennett‏ @JBennettHume 10 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell

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      1. genevieve hunt‏ @greengoddess892 10 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell

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      1. genevieve hunt‏ @greengoddess892 10 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell Yes, memory doesn't work like a video camera. Hard for most people to believe.

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      1. Airbag Moments‏ @airbagmoments 10 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nytimeswell Is this really the likely explanation? And isn't it true that we remember best dramatic events like being shot down?

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