Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "Is Prince Harry Making up Memories? (Memoirs?)" video.

I find this theory (and it is a theory) to be very concerning. Its endpoint is 'you didn't experience what you think you experienced'. In some circles that's known as gaslighting.
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@CristiNeagu I didn't make my point clearly enough. In unscrupulous hands or the hands of those wishing to eradicate inconvenient evidence, this theory can be used to negate ANY memory. See 1984. Our whole justice system is based on word of mouth description of memory of what happened. Taken to its endpoint, if people's memories are undermined, discredited then justice is denied. It's been contentious but e.g. the EU Directive 2012/29 on victim's rights insists that crime victims' reports be taken seriously, at face value. This deliberately addresses the most common failing of the CJS and other services: ignoring or dismissing victims' reports.This practice is endemic: the UK's Equalities and Human Rights Commission identifies it as "the culture of disbelief". No doubt the proponents of this theory are sincere psychologists of integrity and, used in the service of truth, their theories are interesting and a reminder of human fallibility. But any further than that is very concerning. Their ideas can be used in nefarious ways.
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@jerrydowdall958 Excellent and entirely relevant points, in my experience.
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@CristiNeagu Indeed, you give a good example - and this is exactly how and why such well-meaning theses can be taken out of context and used against the innocent or those who don't or can't be forced to hold the same views as the antagonists/the accused.
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