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 ::::::::::The alleged misconception is that people don't remember things as well as they think they do. That's hardly a news flash, as there is no end of conflicting testimony of eyewitnesses even right after an event. And you're right, this ""flash memory"" business is an obscure term. This vaguely reminds me of something from a few months back about how Louis Armstrong supposedly had a different birthdate than was ""commonly"" thought. Trouble is, the average citizen nowadays barely knows who Louis Armstrong was, never mind what his birthday was. That one, obviously, was kept out. ← '''' → "