Here is another example of a 21st century skill, and not the sort of thing that is even remotely part of today's curriculum. People need to have some understanding not only of how they learn but also how they sometimes learn false things. This is especially important if they are to defend against the sort of manipulations that are described in this paper, where it is shown that while false memories can sometimes happen, they can, with the right mixture of suggestion and stimulus, be induced. Being able to recognize and defend oneself against such attacks is an important skill. Much of what we see in the news, for example, is not so much outright falsehood as the creation of shared experience in order to reinforce a previous suggestion of a falsehood. Many more interesting presentations are available from this CSE Meetings Sessions page.
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