For anyone who doesn’t know what it is: “This involves mistakenly recalling events or experiences that have not occurred, or distortion of existing memories.”
Like remembering “Looney Toons”, but it was always “Looney Tunes”.
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The ELI5 version is: human memory is notoriously unreliable, and our shared experiences in society cause people to independently develop the same false memory. For a more detailed explanation, I’d recommend /r/askscience
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