Remembering and Forgetting: Crash Course Psychology #14

[@prismaticcrow]

"We are all largely the products of the stories that we tell ourselves." That is an incredible line. Is that a famous quote, or did Hank come up with that? Either way, it's excellent.

[@tannya7903]

Brilliance runs in their family. Hank's awesome brother, John, wrote, “You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.” So great!

[@XRenimages]

prismaticcrow You might want to check the credits at the end. This episode is written by Kathleen Yale. So it's likely that this line is her creation rather than Hanks.

[@thechosentwo2549]

XRenimages but he doesn't always read it word for word he throws his own little things in there sometimes

[@AlbertSiebener]

prismaticcrow "the past is just a story we tell ourselves" is actually a quote from the movie HER.

[@ntfrmhr]

didn't the script write come up with that?

[@sheepwshotguns]

his name is Leonidas! never forget!

[@AwkwardHester]

yeah I remembered that too, Im pretty sure it's committed to my long term memory now

[@Robbythegod]

His name is Robert Paulson, his name is Robert Paulson....

[@davidcantrell2568]

Robert Lyness In death a member of project mayhem has a name his name is Robert Paulson.

[@feynstein1004]

867-5309 I remember it 4 years later ;) lol jk i watched the video for the first time earlier today

[@luongmaihunggia]

What's his name again?

[@queenieanneumadhay1463]

“You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.” John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

[@sandradermark8463]

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[@ILoFoSho]

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[@foreveryoung2671]

Hey, i need some good channel like motivation, etc with easily English for listened. Please give me some advice

[@davas5938]

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[@lostlange]

Okay, is it just me oooor? I frequently mix up real memories and dreams. Like, I'll think a dream really happened or, more commonly, something that really happened was just a dream. I use to hid it because I thought it was embarrassing but know I just ask someone I know, like, "Okay, did this really happen?" So, yeah. Is it just me?

[@lostlange]

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[@sapphireconnors4475]

+DeliciousMadness It's not just you, it happens to everyone. It's a real psychologically defined thing called source amnesia (or source misattribution)--when you can't remember the source of a memory

[@odditycat2716]

Do you ever have a dream that references something that happened in a previous dream but when you wake up you're not sure if it was actually from a previous dream or if the memory of said dream was fabricated just for the most recent dream? You *feel* like you dreamt it before, but you don't remember remembering it before. It's like deja vu. I need to keep a dream journal.

[@billliealim]

This is one of the most helpful youtube channel ever

[@anthonytam5633]

Forgot what you said about memory, had to re-watch the video

[@poorandstupid]

cramming for a psychology test.

[@GingerSpiritSmurf]

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[@lorita47]

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[@lorita47]

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[@GingerSpiritSmurf]

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[@christopherbo0th]

Yeah same

[@Cyfrik]

To quote _Memento_: "Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts."

[@VercouterManon]

Such a good movie !

[@thelizzievb]

Love that movie

[@Rexxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

It is honestly mid blowing how far psychology and neuroscience has gotten in the last ten years.

[@user-ro8qv7ob4v]

This psychology course is great for self development. I personally think there should be a mandatory introduction to psychology course taught in all highschools.

[@cryoshakespeare4465]

It's so clever the way these videos are done: "Who forgets to buy cookies?! :O " Utilising exactly the same emotional-association idea that you discussed in the previous episode. For education! Man, I really love CrashCourse :)

[@bman68au]

"Who forgets cookies!?" Pauses video. Walks to kitchen Doesn't forget why I'm there Gets cookies Heads back to watch video Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom

[@charlesanselmo4072]

omg, that has happened to me SO many times: ~gets up to do something~ Wait, why am I here? ~goes back, sees thing that I needed to do something for~ Oh, right. ~goes to do thing again~

[@madisongreen7975]

This is so relatable it hurts

[@ThatAnnoyingBird]

"Who forgets cookies!?" ~Hank Green 2014.

[@sbernice3]

Why is my name always used? Is this a sign? 😭

[@dinadina2000]

I think one of the creators is named Bernice and she is okay as being used for an example. It not you unless you are that particular Bernice. And that would be weird

[@crashcourse]

In this REALLY IMPORTANT EPISODE of Crash Course Psychology, ***** talks about how we remember and forget things, why our memories are fallible, and the dangers that can pose. Remembering and Forgetting - Crash Course Psychology #14

[@kryptyde]

Ya cool

[@507764CAT]

Oh I noticed one tiny mistake in the video: 6:56 The suit changed colors from black to rainbow colored, when actually, color is one of the first things to fade from memory. Anyhow, I love this series! I enjoy sitting down and getting through more and more of these videos. So far, I've completed World History and now I'm on this series!

[@TheFireflyGrave]

Hard to convict a banana thief. They always eat the evidence.

[@The44thHour]

What I hope no one forgets, is to awesome.

[@boredymcbored]

May you please do a psych lesson on ADHD? A lot of other mental disabilities were mentioned except for that. Love your work though!

[@Junooo79]

0:31 Nice detail by having a The Fault In Our Stars fan as a potential thief in the left side! LOL!!! ;D

[@ButterflyBandit88]

One of the freakiest things one of my teachers told me is this. Her mum was driving home from a double shift in nursing, having worked 12hrs straight because there was no-one else able to do her job. She said she pulled up to traffic lights and for the life of her could not remember which colour ment go. Thank goodness it was late and no one else was driving so she got home fine. I believe her because my mum was a nurse and she told me stories of having to run from ward to ward, making u exhausted.

[@blackkittyfreak]

Again with the Bernice!

[@samstell9291]

It's a psychological experiment

[@jaciejcjay]

It's always Bernice XD

[@Alverant]

That's a lot of innocent people. I wonder how many innocent people died in prison or suffered debilitating injuries (including psychological problems) because of these memory mistakes? Why did the human brain evolve to have such a bad memory anyway?

[@tuskinekinase]

Reasonable association and memory reconstruction helps people to save cognitive space, respond quickly and adapt to new situations without the need of remembering and retrieving every bit of their past experience. It is only within a couple thousand years when society became so complex in structure and the things we experience became so packed with details, that this mechanism start to serve as a drawback (and mainly only in legal cases. In other realm of life, it is still pretty handy, like how I don't have to remember everything about my test but can put the questions together by association and reasoning). Couple thousands of years are still a really short time for evolution, so the brain are not yet very well adapted to it.

[@KyleKatarnBanthaHerder]

Well, the possibility of innocent people going to prison is why eyewitness testimony is a lot less valued than it was in previous years. And as already mentioned, remembering every detail isn't exactly helpful in most situations. Though, I'm not sure as to how much people would actually grow to be adapted to something like that. After all, a better memory wouldn't make an individual in the modern world more likely to survive or have children, so there wouldn't be natural selection driving the brain to become more adapted to a complex society, unless it ends up basically accidentally riding on the coattails of something else.

[@galek75]

tuskinekinase what about societies with oral traditions? aren't they more likely to remember more accurately?

[@tuskinekinase]

15kwakmatthew That might well be a point to argue. I currently don't have much evidence, but all of us who have played "chinese whisper" know how passing down stuff verbally can go wrong easily...

[@KyleKatarnBanthaHerder]

15kwakmatthew Well, I don't think they would be better at remember and memorizing details, given that seeing a crime is a one-off event while many oral traditions rely on rote memorization, learning the material over a long period of time. That being said, there might be techniques that could be used to help with remembering. Repeating it to yourself again and again after it happened might help, as well as trying to convert it into an accurate but semi-dramatic story. But the same problems arise where there still might be minor errors which add up, and might make the witness feel even more certain about their testimony despite any errors.

[@bifieri]

psych mid term in 2 days haha thanks crash course!

[@Noneyasauce]

I feel like I'm only passing pathology bc I watch these over and over! Thanks so much for having them, an excellent tool to go with my lecture notes.

[@fivetwenteh]

This is why exams can be annoying. Memory over knowledge

[@karenayoub6264]

I'm surprised how much I remembered from the video when he delineated all the topics at the end of the video. Doing that is always helpful for me, thanks John!

[@zeromailss]

I love crash course psychology, I've always interested in it and it teach me way more than what I could learn from school 😄

[@eggplantwizard8]

Damn you Bernice always talking about me behind my back and convicting innocent people.

[@skatyjack]

psych exam tomorrow

[@dreamystone]

Can you imagine going to jail for stealing bananas? lol

[@makmazerolle5644]

Yes, actually.

[@vivendel4840]

elenaki zou they are chom choms

[@saeedbaig4249]

Me in prison to cellmate: "So what you in for?" Cellmate: "I killed a man. What 'bout you?" Me: "I stole a crate of bananas." *Cellmate inches away*

[@CityofLadies]

or indeed for not stealing chom choms!

[@keepsmilingboy]

happy ap test season everyone

[@rudymaster2162]

FOR MY OWN BENEFIT *Priming(memoryless memory) exposer to one memory influences your other memories *Mood congruent- when a mood helps you retrieve a memory *Serial position effect- your more likely to remember things first and last on a list then in-between *Storage decay- natural forgetting overtime *Proactive interference- old learning gets in the way of knew learning *Retroactive interference- knew learning gets in the way of old learning *Misinformation- post information of an event influences what actually get

[@chibiprussia5574]

Admit it, we're doing last minute studying for the AP exam on Monday.

[@chibiprussia5574]

Beyond13Birthdays Yep :D

[@SugarRush150]

Chibi Prussia Same here LOL

[@chibiprussia5574]

SugarRush150 I took a diagnostic exam, I got 24 right, which is a two. Unfortunately, it was in a book I checked out at school and I wrote in it XD

[@AC1235000]

Chibi Prussia Sadly me....lmao

[@SugarRush150]

Chibi Prussia Well that's okay! Just keep watching the crash course videos. They have really helped me. I took some practice tests at school and score around a 4, and it's mostly thanks to these videos.

[@absinthe_apostle]

I've been keeping a dream diary this past month, and what ever I write in the book, regardless of whether I really dreamt it or not becomes my new memory of the dream, so this stuff seems to apply to the memories we also havn't really lived.

[@Cmusko427]

Having just(an hour ago) been scanning through the videos of this series, I was subject to this effect. I remembered the begging and where I stopped much better than the middle.

[@JimmyHelp]

Nine, get your Tardis and your bananas out of my head!

[@IKlovur]

lol!!

[@lorddio2572]

YEAH!!!

[@angelicacutajar8455]

Being a whovian and watching these videos... makes me remember them even more.....

[@graceadeyemi5904]

This series has helped my psychology so much! Hopefully my exam today will go okay.

[@kerokerobonita]

This episode hits home too hard :/ especially that hello kitty pen incident....

[@seahawk124]

So who did the crime? I NEED ANSWERS!

[@KyleKatarnBanthaHerder]

It was the butler all along.

[@chocorchid]

It was Hank Green!

[@seahawk124]

I flipping knew it, the deviant git!

[@lorddio2572]

IT WAS THE DOG

[@skyofstorms]

Dank 420 catacombs of the mind indeed...

[@CityofLadies]

LOVED THIS! Impressively, or perhaps worryingly, this covered everything my health psychology lecturer covered at medical school in an HOUR. Your information was better organized; more concise and thus easier to schematize. The only missing bits were Attkinson and Shiffrins (1968) Multi store memory model; The Working Memory Model Bradley and Hitch (1974) and Millers (1972) limits on capacity of working memory (7+/-2).

[@ginaschultz6647]

Oh my gosh, this plays into the my fear/anxiety about false memories! It's so disturbing that what becomes our reality has so many elements that do not reflect the actual events. Is it possible to remember accurately?

[@STRAWBERRY29091984]

“Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it” Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, one of my favorite quotes

[@jeffmcarthur5617]

Good subject to cover in psychology. I was surprised when I was writing a book recently about the largest bank robbery in history at how many of the witnesses pointed out the wrong person. (One even pointed out the lawyer as being the man she had seen robbing the bank.) A lot of what was said in this episode was to blame, but also it had to do with how it was presented to them by the police. The county attorney wanted to put these three men away, so when he first showed photographs to the witnesses, he said, "These are the suspects we think did it." That was enough to manipulate their memories. Here was the most interesting part, though. The person who had the most reliable ID on the robbers was not someone who got close to them or saw them for the longest. It was the man who identified the hands of one of the bank robbers. Turns out that a memory is more solidly burned into the mind when some form of distress is associated with it. In this case, the bank robber was holding a gun, and as such, he had a more detailed and accurate memory of the man's hand than anyone had of any other part of him.

[@adrianfletcher8963]

The way my AP Psych teacher had us remember the difference between proactive and retroactive interference was PORN P- proactive has Old stuff interfering and R- retroactive has New stuff interfering. Best class ever.

[@sammyluvsya1265]

AP psych exam in two days, binge watching all these videos e_e

[@pascaleand0r]

3:12 - Yeah, it happens to me a lot. And I usually make steps back as well..

[@Naomid0408]

Thank you for making these videos! I love supplementing my psychology course with your videos because they are entertaining and educational; repetition of the concepts in the class is a great way to help the students REMEMBER! :)

[@VamLoveAndKisses]

I've got my cognitive psychology exam tomorrow and I never understood the different aspects of LTM. This video helped so much!

[@Firmus777]

A man is a sum of his memories, a timelord even more so.

[@10j5e22v26z]

Reviewing this information reinforces my theory that my memory's pretty good.

[@CadaverJunky8]

4:33 "whut?" WHO SAID THAT?! BEGONE DISEMBODIED VOICES FROM BEYOND!

[@SpartanBerseker]

aaaaaaaa this animation is so beautiful i want an entire thought café series about Bernice

[@radicalbacon]

Presque vu! That's the name of the tip of the tongue phenomenon.

[@iluvDNA100]

I've heard that many times before, but I forgot every time.

[@LittleFugueFlute]

Not presque eu?

[@anand-1329]

In the particular video, Mr. Hank Green has done justice to what he calls a "Crash Course" on Psychology. I chose to watch this due to my personal interest in the topic 'Memory' and the video perfectly explains how human memory is both a representation and reproduction of past events and hence what may seem real, may not always be real. Due to interference of different kinds or what is called 'storage decay' by psychologists, we may forget what we think is stored in our "explicit memory". This was illustrated in a student-friendly way through an animated example. Overall, this video and the previous one on the same topic proved very informative and helped me get the best out of it for my subject.

[@earthpcCHClS]

i do hank i forget abut cookies

[@IceMetalPunk]

I'm so sorry.

[@earthpcCHClS]

its okay i like cake better fudge cake

[@IceMetalPunk]

***** That doesn't find anything except Hume Lake Christian Camp things... I suggest the OP search for "BJ's restaurant pizookie", as they actually have relevant cookies---I mean, results.

[@eugenecoleman8525]

This episode is a perfect example of how the justice system baffles me. In the court room, eyewitness testimony is looked at as a very strong form of evidence, but in the sciences eyewitness testimony is probably the lowest form of evidence. Imagine trying to prove a scientific theory and your main evidence is because I saw it, you would be laughed at until you brought back some charts or data to back up your hypothesis. In the courtroom however, eyewitness testimony is considered one of the strongest forms of evidence, and no one even seems to consider how easily it is to trick our senses, or how inaccurate memories can be, not even mentioning the person possibly having motive to portray things a certain way or strait up lie.

[@ibrahimalshweair7866]

One of my favorite channels on KZbin. Great scrips, presentation, and design. Keep up the amazing work

[@tuseroni]

an interesting thing i remember about forgetting: there is a process in your brain that makes you forget...on purpose. some people are born without the ability to forget and lead very unfortunate lives because of it (someone mentions a book and suddenly you are reliving the memories of having read a game of thrones....all of your memories of having read a game of thrones) the inability to forget is apparently not as nice as it sounds (though scientists are working on a way to harness this make it easier to remember certain things)

[@nfb7777]

So Hank, what your saying is that eye witnesses on a court stand really shouldn't be relied upon and the court system puts to much faith in an individuals memory? if so, then o.o i agree

[@brittaniketcherside8167]

I swear if it weren't for these crash courses, I wouldn't survive Psych. Love it! Keep it coming!

[@orangejuicerox]

I was reading the social animal last night for an hour and you had explained evrything i read and more under including the experiments in 10 minutes

[@mmmmmm6543]

It took me a long time to accept the fact that it's normal to forget. I used to become really frustrated over lost trains of thought or recollection failure,

[@xOALtoFrEak900Ox]

I am actually considering a bachelor's in psychology. :o

[@KatieWillems]

"What you remember becomes what happened." I always liked that quote from Katherines.

[@Tfin]

8:50 75% of a non-enumerated group isn't "a lot of people." It might be 5 billion, or it might be just 3. Granted, it probably is "a lot," but that information isn't provided.

[@lppunto]

Your right- but it's a little over 200.

[@KyleKatarnBanthaHerder]

But at the same time, "a lot" varies based on what you're comparing it to, whether it's the total population, or the specific population you're referring to. 10% of the world's population is a lot of people when compared to how many people an individual interacts with, but it's not a lot when compared to, well, the world's population. While 75% of 300 people may not seem like 'a lot' when compared to the population of the United States, or to the population of the prisons, but it is a lot when compared to just the original 300 you're talking about. TL;DR/Less rambling: "A lot" is a subjective term, not an objective one. It all depends on what you're comparing it to.

[@Zellare]

Thank you, thank you! 6:44 Now it all makes sense, why my Spanish began to fade as I started to learn German.

[@rlutts316]

Just found your channel & love it! Have a big psych test today and it's nice to brush up with these videos! Thanks so much!

[@MinePurpose]

It's amazing and scary how confident and stubborn we humans can be at times despite these amazing weaknesses in how our minds decide what reality is...

[@AdeebSiddiqui]

WHERE DOES HE MAKE HIS ANIMATIONS!?!?!?!?! THEY'RE SO AWESOME AND OP!!!

[@itisdevonly]

The animations are done by Thought Cafe. It's mentioned in the credits at the end.

[@AdeebSiddiqui]

Hi I guess? *****

[@lorddio2572]

***** YEAH!!!!!

[@dasKeineAhnung]

Crash course theme song always makes me feel really good. Really really good. I don't why. I'ts basically saying to me, that I'm doing something useful and having good time, and everything in my life will be ok.

[@srushtipatil6739]

2:05, remember sherlock's mind palace?

[@thedonutqueen6454]

You made me drop my iPad on my face because of that fantastic reference!

[@angelicacutajar8455]

And the Doctor's mind place too...

[@mochimochi9741]

That's what came to my mind too !!!

[@theblanketfortcohort7332]

Thank you! My psychology teachers aren't very interesting so this is a big help haha

[@CaptainCore993]

I should put all Crash Course videos in a playlist....you never know when these are going to be useful.Like not failing a REALLY important test...I don't know...like your finals or something!

[@VidrioRevolver]

exactly my problem at the moment...

[@liawxinyan]

Great idea xD

[@sarahanne5319]

They have their videos on playlists on the main page

[@frederickbruno3386]

Wow ! From minute 7 to the end ... Shocking when u realize how easy someone can mess with ur mind and memories

[@minesweeperjimmy2010]

that intro...missed a "there's always money in the banana stand" reference

[@haranipochiraju9564]

Memory is the means by which we draw our past experiences in order to use it in present. In the case of Bernice there is a failure in noticing the details clearly which lead to failure in encoding and finally remembrance. If Bernice had written the description of the person whom she had seen that day, there might be reduced chances of going wrong in identifying the suspect and if there is no such note, we tend to forget those things easily and we may assume the things which we have seen or heard somewhere before. One more problem in case of going wrong in suspecting the individuals is the preconceived notion that people develop before even clearly noticing the real scene. organizing things by sequence, size , shape may also help in retrieval of data.

[@urcrazy24611]

That's kind've ironic, considering the number one thing we're tested on in school is our memory and not the skills we possess or can enhance. If only the U.S. education system didn't rely on standardized tests. Of course, we can take this information and try and apply it to memorizing information for tests, but that would be a tricky ordeal.

[@matveypetrov3720]

Man, you are so brilliant at what you are doing

[@brandiraechel6574]

Can Hank and John just be my professors for everything?

[@paul_rymar]

1:58 they might not be like that in an average person. However that's exactly how they are in a memory champions. They use Memory Palace, that way they are capable of knowing where they stored their memories. Having a Memory Palace is awesome.

[@BrazilianinHolland]

your videos are amazing, you explain in 10 mints something that my professors gave complicated chapters to read. However, could you speak slower? For not native english speakers it is quite hard, sometimes i have to stop the video and hear it again.

[@Krazycutiegurlxxx]

There's a button that can slow the video speed. Bottom right on the video screen, click on the gear-shaped thingy, then click on speed. Try .5, which means "half speed". I'm used to Hank's speed-talking now, but i had to watch basically the entire Biology playlist on .5 speed. And pausing often to take notes. Worth it though!

[@aissia6783]

I can't take him seriously at half speed :D

[@0justaordinarygirl0]

I love how on 8:07 the person on the far left is looking really sad, and is wearing a tfios sweatshirt, presumably holding the book in his hands.

[@adamwatson1077]

damn banana thieves

[@TheEclecticPagan]

I think recognition and recall plays a role in this video. Because when people implement this into studying and how to retain information accurately. Recognition is when you recognize something you have seen before for the first time, then when you see them again you recognize it because you've seen it before. For recall, this takes a lot of practice to use the art of recalling and a lot of people mostly younger or little older will hate this, but you have to quiz or test yourself without looking at the source materials. Including your notes, the book, and textbook because recalling by transcribing the information into your own words, or recalling it when you do the practice test allow you to be more self-aware you're actively recalling not recognizing the information. Also if anyone of you attempts and can't retain information by recalling you're only exposing yourself to the sources which show the answers, or information from your notes, books or textbooks. And that's not how can you surely retain the information properly because you're taking away the benefit of being able to recall without looking at your notes, book or textbook. For making flashcards, the traditional way of studying them is passive, and it's alright if they prefer the traditional and outdated way of studying their study decks. To tell the truth, the flaws of studying them is you don't know what it's asking you and give you a clue to recall the information without quickly looking at the answer impatiently. Before making flashcards you have to review or study your materials before making them. Otherwise, you'll be dumbfounded or lost because you haven't reviewed the material yet impatiently and straightforwardly make the flashcards.

[@freman007]

I notice this deals with memories from crashes and accidents, flash events that people may have been barely aware of. Does this say anything about the kind of memories formed by memorisation, or through long term exposure to someone or something?

[@sabrinaguibord407]

Stop being so sciencey

[@mojojojoplus2]

In the book Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) one of the co-authors, Carol Tavris, recounts how she remembered how her father read her a particularly cherished book as a child. She later found the book and discovered it had been published a year after her father had died. She associated her fond memories of her father and of the book and the narrative that her father reading it to her was how she first encountered the book become the one she remembered. It turns out we do this kind of thing a lot, and we're often sure we're remembering correctly.

[@lorddio2572]

sabrina guibord YEAH!!!!

[@nedsswmmingpool]

I know it's unlikely, but I would love a C.C.P. video discussing the memory and consciousness issues experienced by Will Graham in Hannibal; and how neurological diseases like encephalitis and chronic stress can exacerbate them.

[@MisterSynyster]

I'm totally gonna forget this is a few days

[@GaianLuck]

I went to University for Psychology and Criminal Justice, and this summarized my research thesis better than I wrote it.

[@cheeseenthusiast6549]

"Hmm, gotta get my Math book to look at my trigonometry notes" *gets up to go get it* *literally 0.000000001 seconds later* "WhY aM i HeAr?" *goes back* *remembers math notes* "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@LeahCola1]

i did a study of this when i was in a linguistics and law class - we talked about the smashed/ crashed/hit words. it was super fun. and super weird.

[@yeabBirru]

So why do we still use eyewitnesses in court

[@theriveroftruth]

A pretty great book that dramatizes this subject is The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Definitely encompasses that last line, that we are the stories we tell ourselves.

[@maplebear5183]

“Memories can be vile, repulsive little brutes. Like children I suppose. But can we live without them? Memories are what our reason is based upon. If we can’t face them, we deny reason itself!” - The Joker

[@strawberryyyley]

MapleBear but sometimes we need to hide them in order for us to survive.

[@maplebear5183]

G D Oh I was just making a comic book reference. I hope everything is okay homie!

[@MMP583]

Jesus freaking christ. Blow my mind why don't you? I'm taking an online psychology course and it's difficult to understand the information relayed through the textbook alone. Your videos really help to solidify the information in my mind because I am a visual and auditory learner. Thank you for your help :D

[@elliotchen7706]

is it possible to have so much memory you can't remember anymore?

[@Wherrimy]

You're more likely to start overwriting old memories by new ones.

[@scenicsp]

Unlike a computer hard-drive; memory, at least the supposed long-term memory, is potentially infinite both in its capacity and the length of time that that capacity can hold information. As YOBA ind Inc says and the video describes, memories become distorted, adjusted and downright replaced. It is hypothesised that our neuron structure is somewhat fluid - It will change over time and through actions, be that new information or just general degradation. The brain and its ability to store information is AWESOME! Why fear AI?! Our brains are so much cooler than a computer.

[@elliotchen7706]

Father Aardvark true that.

[@papiflorez3213]

Initially, It's believed that the information/skills one can obtain are limited to your lifespan(if you could live forever, it would be unlimited and if there were a cap it be over a trillion bits of information you could retain) But there are things like Retrograde/Proactive inhibition, where previously learned things can hinder your ability to learn new things or new memories/skills hindering your ability to use your already learned abilities.

[@elliotchen7706]

Alejandro Florez wow, That's really interesting!

[@joanicide]

This guy is actually so easy to pay attention to

[@eaglemri]

I forgot why I wanted to watch this video...

[@petermacmullin]

cant remember your name but thank you sir , i recently had 4 strokes withaquired brain injury . this information was more valuable to me than all of the professional diagnosis i received so far im lucky to be alive however while im alive im still educating myself

[@Goabnb94]

Is that the same as fishing stories where people supposedly caught the world record tuna after telling it 5 times?

[@madamequeenie]

This is so me ._. I finally understand why I forget things so easily and frequently. But I'll probably forget it in about 30 mins..

[@oafkad]

"That cute animal that rolls up into a ball!" Pill Bug! I don't think he meant pill bug. Unrelated but my cat is staring at me. edit: Nope, wasn't a Pill Bug. Cat still staring...I might not make it.

[@Crystalvampire66]

I guess pill bugs can be cute. But they're really not cute when I'm constantly sweeping up their dead bodies at work. Then they're just gross and a little creepy.

[@hanyuukawaiinanodesu]

at first i thought hedgehog but then i was like "Hard back? uhp, nope not a hedgehog"

[@Jodchosen]

Armadillo?

[@topten9556]

Time and awareness is everything