5 Mind Blowing Ways Your Memory Plays Tricks On You | Cracked.com - 10 views
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when we hear a statement enough, we'll start to believe it
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Casey Doyle on 29 Aug 12I 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 12Most likely, a lot. Most of our information today is manipulated by reporters and other sources.
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Zachary on 07 Sep 12I bet there are things in Science and History that are wrong. It kinda makes me question everything I am told.
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the brain confuses an imagined event with an actual memory.
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"Illusion of Truth" effect.
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"If other members of the tribe who I feel close to believe this, there must be something to 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
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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.