Veterinary Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - Why Eyewitnesses Get it Wrong

You look at the world through the sum total of your life experiences. Your partner looks at the world through the sum total of their experiences. Every person you interact with looks at the world through their own life experiences.

No two humans have the same experiences, so all of us will react differently to the same things.

We’ll see things differently – even things that we watch unfold as we are right next to each other. Maybe you’ve heard that eyewitness testimony in a trial isn’t very reliable? Eyewitnesses often get it right – in cases where DNA exonerates someone found guilty, 75% of the time they were convicted because of eyewitnesses who got it wrong.

Understand that you are unique and have a unique point of view, just like everyone else. That’ll help you stay out of arguments and misunderstandings. 

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