Elizabeth Loftus has made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of reconstructive memory, transforming the way psychologists, legal systems, and the public think about how memory works. Beginning with her pioneering studies in the 1970s, particularly her 1974 research with John Palmer on the misinformation effect, Loftus demonstrated that human memory is not a perfect recording of events but a reconstructive process, one that can be altered by post-event information, leading people to “remember” details that never actually occurred. Her later work throughout the 1980s and 1990s on false memories further revealed how suggestion and imagination can implant entirely fabricated experiences into people’s minds. Loftus’s research underscores a profound truth: our memories are dynamic, fallible, and shaped by context. This insight holds immense value for personal wellbeing, reminding us to treat our recollections, and those of others, with compassion and humility. On a societal level, her findings have revolutionised practices in eyewitness testimony, therapy, and justice, helping to prevent wrongful convictions and encouraging evidence-based approaches to memory and trauma. Loftus’s work ultimately empowers us to embrace both the strength and fragility of human memory in the pursuit of truth and healing. An awareness of the fallibility of memory underlines the value of an evidence-based approach, not just in society, but in personal lifestyle. If it were generally known that there is more evidence for the life of Christ than for the battle of 1066, many more people would likely consider His claims!