At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements ;)
For the record, I came up with this week's question before I had even thought of this previous question. I knew there was something about it. But, alas, by the time I realized I sort of repeated myself, that Tuesday had passed. I think the two questions are different enough...
What if there were beings that went around and deliberately made people forget things?
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I can't help but think of the neuralyzer featured in "Men In Black." Maybe watching (or rewatching) this movie will help prepare us?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I thought of MIB too. But what if there were people with that power, rather than those that had a gadget that did it?
DeleteHmmm... Aluminum foil hats? No, wait, that's for protection against mind-reading, at least according to an episode of "Futurama." If we can't protect ourselves, I guess one consequence would be a massive increase in funds going toward dementia research.
DeleteThat's a thought. Of course, aluminum foil hats might work...
DeleteI think I would like that if they made us forget the bad things, maybe that could be a good way to wipe evil out of the world.
ReplyDeletebetty
If they were benevolent forgettors...
DeleteMemory gremlins? I believe it.
ReplyDeleteIf there were beings going around making people forget things none of us would remember it. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is true. They could be with us right now...
DeleteThey could well be out there, we'd never know because they'd make us forget them. Perhaps they're at work in those moments when you walk into a room and then forget what you went in for!
ReplyDeleteI read about why that happens once. It was about restarting your mind when you enter a room. Or something like that.
DeleteSometimes you have to wonder........
ReplyDeleteI'm with Alex! I believe it too!
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope not.
DeleteIt would be awesome if they were selective in either sanding off or removing total selective memories.
ReplyDeleteThey could make a business of it.
DeleteThen, we could blame 'the beings' for our forgetfulness. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe could still.
DeleteThen they could make us forget that we saw them!
ReplyDeleteOh they would be pranksters! I could see this be some sort of lesson for them-we are the mice. Some things are good to forget
ReplyDeleteI feel like this is already happening!
ReplyDeleteYvonne
Oh, I hope not!
DeleteI think there ARE people walking around making all of us forget things. And they pay particular attention to us as we get older.
ReplyDeleteThat could be one explanation.
DeleteThat would make so many things in my life make sense. I remember as a child loving a series of books "The Borrowers" that provided (at the time at least) a very plausible explanation why small things disappeared.
ReplyDeleteThen I think those beings could get away with doing some pretty nefarious things.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I do want to forget things and just go to bed, nothing in my overactive brain to keep me up. So, I'd welcome those beings.
ReplyDeleteI used to have that problem. But then I discovered melatonin, and now I no longer have things keeping me up. (Which can be a problem, because that used to be prime plotting time.)
DeleteSometimes I think the world is infested with such beings.
ReplyDeleteStephen Tremp
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Could be.
DeleteI like Chrys' comment. How do we know it's not already happening?
ReplyDeleteWe don't.
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