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  Eye witness reports are some of the least relatable ways to get information. Human memory is actually way worse than most people think.
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  One of the big problems is eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable and the human mind is capable of huge leaps of imaginary faith. >
  
  Came here to say this, it is kinda scary but our memories are constantly beeing rewritten and is quite unreliable >
  
  No they're not, I think you're misremembering that. >
  
  Stop G A S L I G H T I N G me!! >
  
  No one’s gaslighting you, Doug. You’ve been this way since high school >
  
  Gaslighting isn't real, you made that up because you're crazy. >
  
  Gaslighting is an actual thing. The real Canrex would know that. >
  
  You see, Greg, gaslighting wasn't ever in this thread... But did you know cats have nipples? >
  
  Just wait till robots can look like humans and you can't tell them apart. One good lookalike robot and you'll be setup for crimes and murders you didn't do >
  
  Why would you think they'd need a robot to pin whatever they want on you? >
  
  I more mean the op was saying you have to be there to believe it was real... Now you can also be there and still not know if it was real. Super exciting. >
  
  I would say in this instance it's slightly different. Unlike with doctored footage, whatever the robot does still actually happened. It's just a matter of determining if the perpetrator was real or not. >
  
  What is real? >
  
  That which is irreplaceable >
  
  Witness testimony can be unreliable and malleable so I think the only answer is not be certain of anything >
  
  TIL I’ve been living the answer for 60 years! >
  
  Or have you? >
  
  The only think I'm totally certain of is I would never trust a personal eye witness account for anything important. >
  
  Laughs in religion. >
  
  "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past," repeated Winston obediently. "Who controls the present controls the past," said O'Brien, nodding his head with slow approval. 'Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has real existence?"
  "The frightening thing, he reflected for the ten thousandth time as he forced his shoulders painfully backward (with hands on hips, they were gyrating their bodies from the waist, an exercise that was supposed to be good for the back muscles) -- the frightening thing was that it might all be true. If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened -- that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death?"