JarodRussell wrote:
Yeah but that would not be a proper memory then. It's "The memory of a lifetime, Rekall, Rekall, Rekall."  You're not supposed to dream your vacation, you're supposed to remember it like you've been there for real. |
Our memories are made up of insights and imaginings as well as actual experiences, so having something he didn't witness wouldn't necessarily be be out of place.
Level 2 Diagnostic wrote:
Exactly. If Quaid had memories of things that he couldn't possibly have witnessed, then he would immediately know it was a false memory, and they'd have to give him a full refund.  |
If he's not lucid enough to know that then he wouldn't wake up. People have dissociated dreams all the time without waking up to the fact that something's amiss.
I know what you guys are saying, but I also think there's a good workaround to this problem if one is needed.