memory

Memory: the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.

It would be difficult to prove that memory is a true, accurate retelling of specific events. Memory is completely personal and is affected by the person remembering. It can be affected by mood, personality, tendencies, biases, etc... Example: I get in a very big fight with a friend while we're on vacation in Greece. We fight the whole time and we don't get to appreciate Greece for it's beauty because we're fighting. Years later I'm asked if I've ever been to Greece. I say nothing about Greece was really that great but I remember feeling tense the whole time.

My memory of it would be completely based on the fight I had with a friend. I wasn't noticing Greece I was noticing the fight and therefor Greece became synonymous with tension and a lack of beauty when in fact it is at polar opposites with that description. Memory conveys a very raw truth in mood and emotion but rarely conveys truth in facts . This is because no one can experience something with an outsiders viewpoint. If you're having the experience you as a person affect what you get out of it and therefore your memory of it.