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Memory & Recall
Entry #0816
The reason a story you retell becomes the one you believe
A retold story becomes believed because each retelling reinforces the narrative trace and prunes competing versions until the repeated version feels like original fact.
Adept
The hidden part
#0816
Memory is not a recording — it is a story that is rewritten every time it is told. The version you tell most often becomes the version that is true, because no earlier draft survives.