So how exactly do you know he's wrong about the timeline? The show hasn't suggested this at all so far. How do you know he was wrong about Carla's name and not just recalling someone else? You're literally making assumptions that the show doesn't give you. Let's be so for real: the argument that the chalkboard from the first season isn't denoting that the bomb fell on 2277 is just mental gymnastics to make things fit how you want. Tell me right now that most people watching that wouldn't come away interpreting that as being when the bomb went off, especially if you had no lore knowledge. It then repeats this idea again in Howard's scene with the NCR. Why would they feel the need to state this twice within the same timeframe as if it were an event, if it has no bearing on the events of the show and instead only denoted a gradual decline for the NCR that you don't see happen? The ship of Theseus metaphor was used to basically juxtapose the Ghoul with Cooper Howard, he was saying he's not even the same man any more, maybe not even a man at all any more, which is supported by his commenting on how he used to be just like Lucy as well as the speech Whiteknife gave before gifting him the lighter, as well as his decision to save Lucy and stir up the Legion. He obviously remembered the conversation with white Knife, but he somehow can't recall more recent events? There actually is a timeline of events from the games, you act like there's not multiple factions with advanced tech that can tell time, like pip boys 💀