bombard the body, it filters out that which is not
relevant. That means that, according to Pat Wolfe, a
brain educator, approximately 99% of all information
entering through senses is immediately dropped. That
is probably why so many eye witnesses differ with
other eye witnesses when describing what happened
to whom.
Add to that the idea that every time you
remember an event you actually remember the last
time you remembered it event. It is a little like the
gossip game where nobody can keep a story straight.
That is what happens to all of us. That is why Brian
Williams and Bill O’Reilly are defending their integrity,
it is a human thing. Just like the young marine I recall
returning from Vietnam at the same time I did. In the
barracks in Danang his stories were creditable. In
Okinawa he had become a central character in his
stories, by the time we reached the states he was a
hero. I think we do this inadvertently to put ourselves
at the center of our stories.
There is a way to ensure you will remember.
You could use technology to record your life. Maybe
there is a government agency that can help you. If
you don’t want to do that you will have to live a fully
human life coping with your brain’s strengths and
weaknesses while trying to stay healthy.
5. Millhiser, Ian. “Special report: Inside the Koch-backed
history lessons North Carolina wants to teach high
school students,” NC Policy Watch, Dec. 17, 2014.
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