Interesting. As a child I thought I could remember everything, so lying was easy, it’s own memory of having lied, and thus distinct from reality. It was only much later that I realized it was even possible for the two to become horribly confused in one’s own mind. But did you lie and forget the lie? Or did you just incompletely remember and add the part about negative sums as an explanation of the behavior later on? I think the “sweeping” of our minds’ corners is also prone to give us false memories. We think, “well, why did I do that? Oh yeah! Now I remember...” You might have just been lucky to stumble upon what you now believe to be the real memory, but introspection, especially of the past isn’t always so accurate.
Interesting. As a child I thought I could remember everything, so lying was easy, it’s own memory of having lied, and thus distinct from reality. It was only much later that I realized it was even possible for the two to become horribly confused in one’s own mind. But did you lie and forget the lie? Or did you just incompletely remember and add the part about negative sums as an explanation of the behavior later on? I think the “sweeping” of our minds’ corners is also prone to give us false memories. We think, “well, why did I do that? Oh yeah! Now I remember...” You might have just been lucky to stumble upon what you now believe to be the real memory, but introspection, especially of the past isn’t always so accurate.