Version One dot Oh!

There are few instances where consistency is maintained between the different versions of the same story or recollection, narrated by different people. The reasons can be aplenty, from wanting to save oneself from impending disaster, to wanting to safeguard one’s line of thought. In the latter case of course, inconsistency is not because they do it deliberately; it’s far from that. It’s because they breach the thin line between fact and opinion. Little do they realize that a large part of the narration is morphed by what they hope, or sometimes, what they dread.

Deliberate suppression of the whole truth has become the new euphemism for lying. But what motives do people have in sharing only a part of the story? As much as they want their mind to be able to take the best decision, there is a constant need for assurance. – But, unfortunately, it’s from someone who has little context of what their dilemma is about, solely because they’ve interspersed their opinions amidst facts. But are they justified in giving up their prerogatives by allowing an alien to interfere into their stream of thoughts?

Now the hard part is when you are the “decision” maker. Regardless of whether your opinion will change the future of the stakeholders drastically, there is an inherent need to understand why you are left with a contradicting set of “anecdotes”. As to why you were chosen to be the “decision” maker, is entirely your fault :)