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  It seems this thought switches weights without much good reason to do so.
  Eh, I think the general perception of things is true. The past is muddied by perspectives and the things we tell ourselves to neatly store it away, but it still happened in a certain way that can't be denied. The future is very uncertain. The question isn't "will things occur in the future," but "what do we know will happen?" Which is nothing absolute. Nobody is going around saying "there is no future."
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  What? Seem to be a bit of double standards here.
  Are you referring to the past itself? Then that’s just as real as the future. 
  Are you referring to specific events people have in mind of what occurred in the past? Then you must compare that to specific events people have in mind of what will occur in the future - ie, predictions. Predictions aren’t guaranteed, and in fact are overall even more flawed than our memories. 
  So either way, no. >
  
  exactly! op isn't comparing the same things.
  past (real), future (real), our memories (flawed past), our imagination (flawed future). out of these 4, op chose two that one is subjective, and one is objective, and is surprised that gasp! one isn't real! >
  
  If no one were around to confirm that an event happened, how do we know our memories our real? What if our past is just a fabrication? I think about this sometimes. >
  
  Because we remember events that other people can confirm, which means that our memory is somewhat reliable and accurate. >
  
  The Titanic, Chernobyl, the Hindenburg ... all "somewhat reliable". >
  
  Those aren't our memories. Those are all historical events that none of us have experienced >
  
  I was just commenting that the phrase "somewhat reliable" is pretty wishy-washy to begin with ...