Scott Fraser at TEDxUSC (transcript)
Why eyewitnesses get it wrong
Summary
If you are an eyewitness who doesn't see an incident but watches TV programs, you must experience the same things. You tell us that an actor appeared the day before yesterday and the actor appeared yesterday too, however, they aren't often the same person. You must say that you don't watch well because of the TV, but if it's an accident, you can't watch it because you will be in a panic, so the absoluteness that people say when they see or watch is not absolute.
People really believe in their memories that are true and accurate. This is the reason why eyewitnesses get it wrong.
We all have to be very careful because all our memories are reconstructed memories that are continued producing by original experiences and something that's happened afterwards. Thus our memories are not accurate and are not correct if we thought that those were vivid.
And then the speaker tells us one more important suggestion that its uncertain memories lead not to agreeing with science in the courtroom.
People have to know that scientific evidences and how those are important more than eyewitnesses without emotion that we believe in our memories are really correct.
Words in this story
eyewitness /noun/ a person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
malleable /adj/ pliable, ductile, plastic, pliant, soft, workable
cautious /adj/ careful, heedful, attentive, alert, watchful
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