Ol Smoke Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Poor Brian Williams, he got caught up in memory loss problem that all humans share. Let me tell you this little story that happened last year. I was with my sister and brother and we were sharing memories of our childhood and things and I started to tell this story of us living in McNary Arizona when I was 5 years old. As I was reminiscing it was pointed out to me that parts of my story didn't happen that way. But, it didn't happen my sister's way either. But my brother's story was right on the money. How did that happen? As humans we have the problem of "memory correlation lapse". We lose parts of our memories over time and our brain looks for relative occurences that match those memories and it blends them together, into a whole new memory. Our memories are all that we have of our lives. But every now and then, your brain tricks you. This happens very much when you are reliving a stressful situation. The brain shuts out the bad parts and gives you new memories. I feel that this is what happened to Brian Williams and his ride in that helicopter. I, in no way, will ever call him a liar. He is just another human dealing with bad memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibson66 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It's been weird to see the reaction against him. A number of people are calling for his resignation, as if he's more than human and should be chastised for making mistakes that all of us have made at one point or another. That's the weird thing about celebrity worship in America. We're shocked and outraged when they turn out to have the same failings that we do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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