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memory
You think your past tastes are a map of your future.
The consistency bias is the tendency to reconstruct your past beliefs to be more in line with your current ones.
You do not remember your past self as they were, but as you would prefer them to be. By rewriting your history, you maintain a sense of stability, even when your actual preferences have shifted drastically over time.
You are constantly editing your past to protect your current identity.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Ross, 1989
- What the check found
- The claim accurately reflects the psychological theory of reconstructive memory as formulated by Michael Ross in his 1989 Psychological Review paper.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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