Everything you hear about diseases and science can always be traces and heard with a sense of experimentation. The truth is, not everything you hear can be trusted since science is based off of humans. Ralph Miller did his undergraduate work at MIT in physics and then earned an MS in particle physics and a PhD in experimental psychology from Rutgers University. He was on faculty at CUNY for ten years before relocating to SUNY-Binghamton where he is now a distinguished professor in cognitive and brain sciences. His NIH-funded laboratory has focused on examining basic learning and memory in rodents and humans. Miller's research has lent support to the view that most failures of memory performance after learning has occurred, that is, ‘forgetting’ in the broad sense, are due to interference between acquired memories. Moreover, his work suggests that forgetting is ordinarily a failure to retrieve the forgotten memory. In recent years, he has been concerned with the boundary between conscious and unconscious information processes and peoples' unawareness of the influence of unconscious heuristics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx