Jan 28, 2014
3 min read
Our most confident memories can be completely wrong
How certainty leads us astray
Imagine you are a game show contestant and the host asks a simple question: “The island of Corsica belongs to which country?”
If you’re like most people, you’re probably thinking “Italy.” If asked if that were your final answer, you’d say yes — you’re probably confident “Italy” is the answer.
