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Memory is notoriously fallible, but some experts worry that a new phenomenon is emerging. "Memories are shared among groups in novel ways through sites such as Facebook and Instagram, blurring the line between individual and collective memories," says psychologist Daniel Schacter, who studies memory at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The development of Internet-based misinformation, such as recently well-publicized fake news sites, has the potential to distort individual and collective memories in disturbing ways."
How Facebook, Fake News and Friends Are Warping Your Memory
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @11:03PM (1 child)
I fit in my suit, my suit fits in my plastic bag, therefor I fit in my plastic bag...
You're still making some leaps there, friend.
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday March 20 2017, @01:22AM
Karma can be rephrased as "don't piss in you own pool". (Not that I am Buddhist myself)
You do have an effect on those around you. If you believe in reincarnation, there is a good chance you will eventually experience both the good and bad vibes you put out (behaviour seems to be at least somewhat contagious).