Random term I made

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Random term I made

dracodiablo99 31 Dec 2022 07:52

Have you ever been told you have a selective memory? So have I. Now, I am currently working on an Item that functions as a sort of selective mnestic. First, there are amnestics and mnestics. Amnestics are chemicals or anomalous effects that make you forget things. The opposite is true for mnestics, which make you remember things. A selective mnestic makes you remember something specific. In the case of my Item, it is the answer to her questions. Every detail is fresh in your mind as if it happened 5 seconds ago. What do you think?


With regards,
dracodiablo99


Also, I wasn't entirely which category I'd put this in. I thought this one was best, so here I am.

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Re: Random term I made

Zesc 31 Dec 2022 10:40

Noting here that neither amnestication nor mnestication must be anomalous, nor must they be in the form of medication. I.e. enough oral application of ethanol is good at erasing short-term memory, and there might be certain forms of meditation/therapy that help with recalling things (though their accuracy and precision might be questionable.)

I believe that the best way for selective a-/mnestication is to rely on subconscious triggers. Imagine hypnosis/conditioning.

When it comes to your Item, I can't but ask: if this gives the subject total recall, will they still have to think to answer more complex situations? Assume I have been in a room with exactly 117 blue balloons and 51 yellow ones, and years later, she asks me about the quantity of balloons and the colour composition. Am I just going to know that, or will I have to count them in my eidetic recollection? What if I miscount? Will I inadvertently lie? Does this also works with memories that were physically lost, i.e. from direct damage to the brain?

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Re: Random term I made

dracodiablo99 31 Dec 2022 20:44

They simply remember the quantity. They don't have to recount it. You would know that you were in a room with 117 blue balloons and 51 yellow ones.

Ah, thank you for placing a much needed limit on it. No, this does not work on memories lost to the result of brain damage. Those memories are lost to the wind. Many thanks, Zesc.


With regards,
dracodiablo99


EDIT: I finished with it, if you wanna check it out. You already know which Item I'm talking about. Again, thank you.

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Re: Random term I made

dracodiablo99 01 Jan 2023 07:06

Would "hypnohazard" be a good term for an entity that's able to hypnotize their subjects?

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Re: Random term I made

Zesc 01 Jan 2023 09:05

No, because hypnos means sleep. A hypnohazard would be related to sleep (foreign-induced narcolepsy?) and not hypnosis ("sleep condition").

Also, to avoid double posting, let me continue on my previous though experiment: when I never seen all balloons at once or at all (partly obscured, or outside my peripheral vision), does this affect my recollection? You used "re-count", but I was thinking more along the lines of "knowledge I hadn't had back then, but could have.

Other venue to explore would be questions with hard to define (if definable at all) truth values, like "were you really just close friends with him/her, or was he/she your first gay crush but you lacked the facilities to understand homosexuality in your childhood and early adolescence?" Feelings in general offer many, many conflicts and ambivalence. Way more nuance than asking if somebody lied when they said "this sentence is wrong".

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Re: Random term I made

dracodiablo99 02 Jan 2023 18:14

You have a point, and perhaps I could use this type of thing in a tale, but for the article, I'll keep it fairly simple. Thank you for the advice.


With regards,
dracodiablo99

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Re: Random term I made

dracodiablo99 20 Sep 2023 03:32

I love how your forum signature is basically just "Make things more confusing, f**k clarity" It's amazing.

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Re: Random term I made

dracodiablo99 03 Jan 2023 01:43

Now, about the hypnosis, I only use that because the subject will enter an almost trance-like state.

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My entire life has boiled down to this moment. This keyboard. What I write to you now is my blood, shed for your amusement.