Comments on: History is a convenient fiction http://www.zumsteg.net/2005/08/17/history-is-a-convenient-fiction/ Derek Zumsteg's site of doom Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Antediluvian http://www.zumsteg.net/2005/08/17/history-is-a-convenient-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Antediluvian Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.zumsteg.net/?p=48#comment-31 Something that contributes to history as fiction is the fickleness of memory. Quite often, three people trying to recall an event from the past come up with significant differences...even though they all experienced the same event. Part of it can be attributed to how we experiences events (personal filters), but also the recall of that event changes over time. Something that contributes to history as fiction is the fickleness of memory. Quite often, three people trying to recall an event from the past come up with significant differences…even though they all experienced the same event. Part of it can be attributed to how we experiences events (personal filters), but also the recall of that event changes over time.

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