Memory: A Story in Constant Revision

your brain literally rewrites your memories every time you remember them? Sounds impossible,

right? But here’s the twist: Your brain doesn’t store memories like files on a hard

drive — it reconstructs them from scratch each time you recall them. And every reconstruction

introduces tiny errors. A detail shifts… A color changes… Someone’s reaction

gets exaggerated… And you walk away thinking, yes, that’s exactly how

it happened. Except it’s not. You’re remembering your latest version of the memory —

not the original moment. So the more you think about something, the more you’re

actually changing it. Your past isn’t a recording. It’s a story your