by Republic of the Cristo » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:40 am
by Kenmoria » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:48 am
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by Major-Tom » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:48 pm
by Republic of the Cristo » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:51 pm
Kenmoria wrote:It is my belief that repressed memories should be permitted as evidence but, as with lip-reading in the United Kingdom, the jury and judge should be made aware of its unreliability.
by Republic of the Cristo » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:58 pm
Eternal Lotharia wrote:Quite difficult, I say that they should be given a psychological test to figure out if it's true or fake accusations to help them win a court case or make a court case.
by Petrasylvania » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:59 pm
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by USS Monitor » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:09 am
by Kenmoria » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:20 am
Republic of the Cristo wrote:Kenmoria wrote:It is my belief that repressed memories should be permitted as evidence but, as with lip-reading in the United Kingdom, the jury and judge should be made aware of its unreliability.
In the case of Father. Shanely however, the conviction was based upon the evidence of the repressed memory. A conviction was made based solely upon this testimony.
Using repressed memories as evidence for a conviction is completely unreasonable, as the very concept of repressed memories is not even accepted by the scientific community.
by Risottia » Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:39 am
Kenmoria wrote:It is my belief that repressed memories should be permitted as evidence but, as with lip-reading in the United Kingdom, the jury and judge should be made aware of its unreliability.
by Kenmoria » Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:39 am
by Bombadil » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:56 am
Diopolis wrote:Repressed memories are the modern equivalent of spectral evidence in witchcraft trials.
by Kenmoria » Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:58 am
by Xmara » Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:59 am
by Esternial » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:06 am
by Republic of the Cristo » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:39 am
Esternial wrote:It doesn't seem that far-fetched to imagine that your brain can suppress memories when these inflict excess stress unto the body. The brain is capable of factoring out plenty of unnecessary information.
From my limited knowledge of neurobiology I'd say it's not impossible, but of course when talking about memories from childhood, they'll always be foggy. There's always a risk for memory implantation or modification, which I believe is pretty relevant to the entire "repressed memories" discussion.
by Diopolis » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:24 am
Republic of the Cristo wrote:Esternial wrote:It doesn't seem that far-fetched to imagine that your brain can suppress memories when these inflict excess stress unto the body. The brain is capable of factoring out plenty of unnecessary information.
From my limited knowledge of neurobiology I'd say it's not impossible, but of course when talking about memories from childhood, they'll always be foggy. There's always a risk for memory implantation or modification, which I believe is pretty relevant to the entire "repressed memories" discussion.
A lot ( I dare say most ) of the psych community doesn't believe in repressed memories. Just as an example, no one who was ever an inmate at Auschwitz ever forgot their time there.
Repressed memories are still a theory, and yet they have been used for convictions of possibly innocent men; Shanely spent 16 years in prison because of such a conviction.
by Imperium Sidhicum » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:32 am
by Free Republics » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:41 am
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