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		antihero on May 25, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ads Implant False Memories A better analogy would be opening a document that had partial bits missing, filling in the partial bits the best you can, and saving it.

noelchurchill on May 25, 2011 [–]

Or better, the good ol' "copy of a copy" analogy.

Or you might compare it to re-compressing a jpeg over and over.

hartror on May 25, 2011 | [–]

The re-compressing isn't quite accurate as it implies loss of information whereas the process we are discussing can add or remove information.

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