Three generations. One very opinionated family.

6.1My mother thinks you should revise more than I doMom revises because she sees no virtue in repeatedly practising evidence against herself.9 min

6.2My argument against compulsive revisionMy objection begins when a memory must be repaired before the future is allowed to move.9 min

6.3Dad’s middle positionDad resolves the revision argument by changing its unit of measurement.9 min

6.4Memory versus authorityMemory records selectively, but authority is something we continue to grant.9 min

6.5When the past becomes a predictionThe past becomes a prediction through quiet grammatical changes: happened becomes happens, then always happens.9 min

6.6Exercise: what conclusion are you still rehearsing?Some memories persist less as images than as conclusions.7 min

Revision, Memory and the Past