Why do different eyewitness accounts of the same event not add up to something coherent?

A. Perceptual ways of acquiring knowledge are flawed.
B. What people see is influenced by their existing beliefs.
C. There are too many possible interpretations of empirical data.
D. No two people's experiences are the same.


B

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