Changed my mind after my boss gave the same talk twice

I always thought deja vu was just a brain hiccup. But last week, my boss gave the same opening speech in two meetings, with the same words and pauses. I compared my notes, and it was exact. That made me believe in glitches.

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simonsingh6mo ago

Nah, I figure it's just memory playing tricks. Brains are weird like that, they patch things together. My old boss used to recycle the same three stories all the time.

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elliotw376mo ago

Yeah, brains totally patch things together. I had a friend who swore we saw a movie together, but he described the whole plot wrong. Turns out he mixed up two different films from the same year. I just gently showed him the trailers on my phone and he was like, "Oh wow, you're right." Sometimes a little outside proof helps sort the memory glitch.

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victor_lane605mo ago

Totally, and @simonsingh is right, my brain does that with song lyrics all the time.

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