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It's possible. Not even memories are straight up recordings of the past... not unless you've really taken the time to commit to memory every single detail (if you're a savant, that's another matter... your brain makes room for that memory by ignoring other things, like interpersonal relation skills). Basically, you're playing out the scene in your mind like a play... taking set pieces and characters from the huge audiovisual library in your head.
You're right on that part... you can alter your memory to fit facts that you later learn. That's why eyewitness accounts of disasters, accidents and the like are so notoriously unreliable.
You're right on that part... you can alter your memory to fit facts that you later learn. That's why eyewitness accounts of disasters, accidents and the like are so notoriously unreliable.