Memory. Our best friend. Our worst enemy.
No matter how hard we try to remember, or how hard we try to forget, it always turns out the mind has a mind of its own. From false eyewitness testimony to losing a wallet, from unforgettable trauma to Alzheimer’s disease, the shortcomings of memory are painfully obvious. And even the memories we do keep are often tainted by time, by nostalgia.
A new book by Daniel Schacter outlines the Seven Sins of Memory, the ways our memory lets us down, and the reasons why forgetting is as essential to existence as remembering.
(Hosted by David Ropeik)
Guests:
Daniel Schacter, author of “The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers”