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Over & over again I am reminded that my memory does not provide reliable evidence on its own. It always needs corroboration. Novelist Julian Barnes riffs on that idea here, & its consequences for changing one's mind.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/16/we-remember-as-true-things-that-never-even-happened-julian-barnes-on-memory-and-changing-his-mind
The Guardian · ‘We remember as true things that never even happened’: Julian Barnes on memory and changing his mind
When I've had students in my field of ecology, I try to emphasize to them the importance of measurements, notes, photographs and other corroborating evidence. If you don't write it down, you don't know it.
At least, I think that's what I remember doing...
That's a great read. Thanks.