Quote: (10-04-2016 01:23 PM)911 Wrote:
Quote: (10-03-2016 11:31 AM)ElFlaco Wrote:
False Memory Syndrome is real. This belongs on my list of things that I believe that most intelligent people don't. Research by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus shows that false memories can indeed be planted. Naturally, she has been villified by the usual suspects. She testified at the McMartin preschool trials, a modern-day equivalent witch trial. Eyewitness testimony is also more unreliable than people generally realize.
False Memory Syndrome is bunk, it was mostly set up to help powerful pedophiles discredit child molestation victims.
I'm not sure if you're old enough to remember the day-care sex abuse hysteria / satanic ritual 'moral panic' from the late 80s. There weren't any 'powerful pedophiles' involved in these cases, but rather uneducated day-care workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_s...e_hysteria