facts and beliefs

there are facts, and there are beliefs, and there are things you want so badly to believe that they become facts to you.

our memories constantly adapt and mold themselves to fit the world, but why do our brains generate false recollections?

when we remember an event, our memory fills in those gaps by thinking about what we know about the world.

there's usually a witness to the stories we create in our minds that cause us to continue to believe those stories.