[Vision2020] Memory (was Where were you . . .)

[Kai Eiselein]

I have absolutely no recollection of where I was or what I was doing.
I can only guess that I may been in my crib dropping a load in my diapers since I was all of three months old.


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> From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm 
> To: chasuk at gmail.com 
> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:53:42 -0800 
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com 
> Subject: [Vision2020] Memory (was Where were you . . .) 
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> Again, I know human memory is fallible, and I know a bit about false  
> memories, the physiology & psychology of memory, etc. 
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> What was interesting to me was your . . . willingness to  
> denying/dismissing the memories/experiences of your chrono-peers simply  
> because your experience was different than were theirs, and by  
> extension, mine.  You know, some people, and that includes children,  
> simply have better memories than do others, at least about some things  
> – that much has been demonstrated time & again.  That, it seems to me,  
> is perhaps a more respectful and valid explanation than denigrating  
> those with experiences different than your own as examples of the  
> inaccuracy of human memory. 
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> Food for thought . . . or not  ☺ 
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> From: Chasuk [mailto:chasuk at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:34 AM 
> To: Saundra Lund 
> Cc: Tom Hansen; Vision2020 
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Where were you . . . 
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> There are many people who believe they remember things that they don't.  
> I'm no saying that you are one of those people; I have no way of making  
> that judgement with any claim to accuracy.  However,  memories are  
> trivial to manufacture and implant,  whether accidentally or on  
> purpose. This has been demonstrated many times. 
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> We were born within only a few weeks of each other,  so you might have  
> been subjected to the same teary-eyed reminiscences of the  
> assassination as I was,  usually during Profiles of Courage book  
> reports. 
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> On Nov 18, 2013 6:15 PM, "Saundra Lund"  
> <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm<mailto:v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>> wrote: 
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> While I agree that human memory is flawed, I don’t know that I agree  
> with your sweeping generalization about the inaccuracy of human memory. 
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> I was in OKC & was about five weeks shy of my third birthday.  I was at  
> home with my mother, who was watching her soaps while ironing.  She’d  
> just gotten her bag of sprinkled clothes out of the fridge when the  
> tragedy hit the air.  I had absolutely no understanding of the actual  
> event, but my mother’s reaction is something I clearly recall – it was  
> the first time I ever saw her cry – even if I didn’t understand The  
> Bigger Picture. 
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> From:  
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>  
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>]  
> On Behalf Of Chasuk 
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:47 PM 
> To: Tom Hansen 
> Cc: Vision2020 
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Where were you . . . 
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> I was also in California,  five days before my 3rd birthday. I don't  
> remember the assassination, but I do remember the countless stories  
> from my chrono-peers who all thought that they did. It was my first  
> lesson on the inaccuracy of human memory. 
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> On Nov 18, 2013 12:29 PM, "Tom Hansen"  
> <thansen at moscow.com<mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote: 
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> . . . on November 22, 1963? 
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> I was in the 7th grade at Robert Fulton Junior High School in Van Nuys,  
> California. 
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> The news of Kennedy's assassination was received at about 11:00 AM.  
>   Some of the teachers were visibly shaken by the news.  The school  
> closed down for the day at noon. 
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> Do you remember where you were when . . . 
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> Tom Hansen 
> Moscow, Idaho 
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