Quote by Charlie Kaufman

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces.

I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a v

Summary

This quote highlights the fallibility of human memory. It suggests that our recollection of past events is not an accurate replay of what actually happened, but rather a reconstructed version influenced by our biases and gaps in memory. Our minds fill in these missing pieces, resulting in a distorted and subjective representation of the past. Thus, this explanation emphasizes that memories are not fixed and objective, but rather malleable and prone to manipulation.

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By Charlie Kaufman

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