In TOK last year, we learned about the idea a somebody that the only part of a memory that really matters is the end. For example, a great movie with a terrible ending will always be remembered by the terrible ending. Along this line, we also talked about the thought that it doesn't really matter how long a vacation/happy experience is. For example, if somebody took a three day vacation on a beach somewhere and spent the entire time sitting on the beach, they would come home with just as happy memories as someone who spent eight days doing the same thing. Memories don't equate the happiness level with how long it lasted - they just remember that it happened at all.
Do others believe this is true? How much can we trust our memories to judge how much happiness something brought us?
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