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user-inactivated  ·  4317 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Some of our most cherished memories may have happened to someone else: Oliver Sacks on autobiographical plagiarism.

perception of reality is startlingly malleable, and memory creation like this is just one way your perception can be distorted. i feel that most people underestimate this kind of thing. even those who are aware of the possibility never seem to question their own experiences.