The malleability of memory in general, and the effect of cognitive dissonance on memory in particular is well-established. However, it is not well-known, and it is frankly difficult for humans to accept. Our memories just feel too real, even when incontrovertible evidence shows that those memories are wrong.
There are, however, people whose job is all about psychological or social manipulation, and they understand this facet of being human very well. They have no compunctions about brazenly lying, because they have every reason to be confident that a large percentage of their audience is going to soak up those lies regardless of the evidence. They don't care about being caught out in their lies by a subset of their audience, because manipulation of a society or social group doesn't require fooling everyone.
You don't have to fool all of the people all of the time; you just have to fool enough of the people enough of the time.
Jun 18, 2023·edited Jun 18, 2023Liked by Monica Harris
All it takes for the Memory Hole to open is some one or some many want a different outcome. Some people practice the Memory Hole in their relationships, and some do it in meetings; someone makes a suggestion which is completely ignored, and when it gets around the table the anointed person makes the exact same suggestion and everyone congratulates him for the great idea. The Memory Hole of the lies and covid response is just more of the same at a much deeper level and infecting a large portion of our society. In order to govern ourselves we have to trust our institutions, and many are having cognitive dissonance with the lies from our government becoming public. Facing the corruption of our leadership is scary. Where do we go from here if we can't trust anything? I believe much good will come out of this as people come together to clean house. I hope, and I have a fairly nice collection of books. Books with pages.
This article has me thinking. A very close friend recently denied that she ever said that she went to nursing school to marry a doctor. I remember her saying this because it was so simple and candid. She does not remember ever saying this, she says with heavy emphasis. Is this some kind of brain disease?
Thanks again, Monica! However, it is necessary to keep in mind that: "There are many more vaccinated people than there are unvaccinated people, and vaccinated and boosted people are, on average, older and more likely to have underlying health conditions that put them at risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes." In the meantime, Mauricio Garcia was probably mad, making his claims dubious.
Most importantly I'd like to share the tip about screen captures and PDFs as a way to back up official (and unofficial) information for future use. This helps a little to fight the "memory hole" you rightly mentioned.
Lastly, the narrative about COVID origins is likely evolving also because of the "Chinese" agenda. We are going to clash with the CCP one way or another. Having been living in Beijing in 1991, I can testify that Chinese propaganda is as real and toxic as American propaganda, even worse. I think we don't have to choose between the "lesser of two evils", but rather spend our last breaths to create the 51st state of the U.S. at least as far as the U.S constitution allows us to do it. Take care!
The malleability of memory in general, and the effect of cognitive dissonance on memory in particular is well-established. However, it is not well-known, and it is frankly difficult for humans to accept. Our memories just feel too real, even when incontrovertible evidence shows that those memories are wrong.
There are, however, people whose job is all about psychological or social manipulation, and they understand this facet of being human very well. They have no compunctions about brazenly lying, because they have every reason to be confident that a large percentage of their audience is going to soak up those lies regardless of the evidence. They don't care about being caught out in their lies by a subset of their audience, because manipulation of a society or social group doesn't require fooling everyone.
You don't have to fool all of the people all of the time; you just have to fool enough of the people enough of the time.
All it takes for the Memory Hole to open is some one or some many want a different outcome. Some people practice the Memory Hole in their relationships, and some do it in meetings; someone makes a suggestion which is completely ignored, and when it gets around the table the anointed person makes the exact same suggestion and everyone congratulates him for the great idea. The Memory Hole of the lies and covid response is just more of the same at a much deeper level and infecting a large portion of our society. In order to govern ourselves we have to trust our institutions, and many are having cognitive dissonance with the lies from our government becoming public. Facing the corruption of our leadership is scary. Where do we go from here if we can't trust anything? I believe much good will come out of this as people come together to clean house. I hope, and I have a fairly nice collection of books. Books with pages.
This article has me thinking. A very close friend recently denied that she ever said that she went to nursing school to marry a doctor. I remember her saying this because it was so simple and candid. She does not remember ever saying this, she says with heavy emphasis. Is this some kind of brain disease?
Thanks again, Monica! However, it is necessary to keep in mind that: "There are many more vaccinated people than there are unvaccinated people, and vaccinated and boosted people are, on average, older and more likely to have underlying health conditions that put them at risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes." In the meantime, Mauricio Garcia was probably mad, making his claims dubious.
Most importantly I'd like to share the tip about screen captures and PDFs as a way to back up official (and unofficial) information for future use. This helps a little to fight the "memory hole" you rightly mentioned.
Lastly, the narrative about COVID origins is likely evolving also because of the "Chinese" agenda. We are going to clash with the CCP one way or another. Having been living in Beijing in 1991, I can testify that Chinese propaganda is as real and toxic as American propaganda, even worse. I think we don't have to choose between the "lesser of two evils", but rather spend our last breaths to create the 51st state of the U.S. at least as far as the U.S constitution allows us to do it. Take care!