[UA] Clockworks and Memories

[Andrew Ducker]

Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 3:52:52 PM, Antonio wrote:

AR> I'm trying to distinguish the concept of memories and knowledge here. Going
AR> to One-Shots, if Uder Kram-? (don't have the book with me now, sorry) has
AR> written a detailed log of his wife's illness and death, and sacrificed the
AR> memory of her death, could he still gain the knowledge of his wife's being
AR> dead by reading his log? And then how about sacrificing the memory of ever
AR> having read the log, and then re-reading?

I'd have the memories fade over time.  Something like memento (but not
that extreme unless a _lot_ of memories were gone.  So sacrificing the
memory of your wifes death, but having the rest of the memories, and
then reading about it would probably bring back the memories for
days/weeks or even months (especially if you were doing something that
used those memories a lot).

If, on the other hand, you'd sacrificed all of your memories of your
wife, you've got nothing left to remind yourself of her existence and
even if you're told, the memories will fade within minutes.

Andy D
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