Incorporating false information into memory after an event. Memory is like a Wikipedia page that anyone can edit.
Compromises eyewitness testimony, spreads false narratives, and explains why memories become less reliable over time.
People can develop completely false memories of events that never happened, and these false memories feel just as real as true ones.
"Your confidence in your own rationality is inversely proportional to your actual rationality. Ironic, isn't it?"