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5 Mind Blowing Ways Your Memory Plays Tricks On You | Cracked.com - 10 views

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shared by David McDonald on 29 Aug 12 - No Cached

when we hear a statement enough, we'll start to believe it
- Casey Doyle on 29 Aug 12
  
  I wonder how much of what we know is really just what other people want us to know?
  
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- Daniel Leong on 29 Aug 12
  
  Most likely, a lot. Most of our information today is manipulated by reporters and other sources.
  
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- Zachary on 07 Sep 12
  
  I bet there are things in Science and History that are wrong. It kinda makes me question everything I am told.
  
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was quite a stir recently when it turne
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- Kelly K on 29 Aug 12
  
  Interesting....
  
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the brain confuses an imagined event with an actual memory.
- Casey Doyle on 30 Aug 12
  
  haha this happens to me all the time! My dreams are so vivid they feel real even when remembering them.
  
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"Illusion of Truth" effect.
- danniblack on 31 Aug 12
  
  If everything we know is a Illusion of the truth how do we know whats really true and what isn't?
  
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"If other members of the tribe who I feel close to believe this, there must be something to it."
- danniblack on 31 Aug 12
  
  Wait so if one person believes it does that mean over time we all will start to accept it?
  
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Most of you will still think of this as something other people do, and that you of course are the unbiased observer who can clearly see their stupidity
- danniblack on 31 Aug 12
  
  OMG this is like so true. I could totally see that happening.
  
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seen video clips of Mr. Obama drinking alcohol, eating pork, getting sworn in on a Christian Bible and sitting in a Christian church
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This is how people continue to believe admitted hoaxes after they have been proven to be fake.
- David McDonald on 10 Sep 12
  
  It is so cool, whenever I look at this picture, I try to imagine how they faked it.
  
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Kelly K on 30 Aug 12

I wonder why people still believe hoaxes even when there is clear cut evidence that it is not true?

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