It's not that they have short memories, it's that they need programming to function. Two Weeks one year ago is no more significant to them than 00101010 is to a computer. It's simply a piece of a program.
Accurate. I know how they operate and are programmed, I just find it amusing to express it in terms of them having the memories of goldfish.
Ultimately it's all just emotional Pavlovian response for them, TV said "safe and effective" with a positive sounding theme song and happy colors, so it must be true. etc
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