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Post by Kpatch on Mar 23, 2011 20:20:34 GMT -5
If Rafe's memory was erased, how does he know how to speak? How does he know the English language? Did they use a Selective Memory Eraser on him?
I think the actor playing the caretaker is doing a very good job with the role. He is as creepy as they come. Well, this whole storyline just ramped up to a whole new level of creepy with Rafe in an asylum.
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Post by DancingDays on Mar 23, 2011 20:42:21 GMT -5
I've always wondered the same thing!
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Post by ghoulgirl on Mar 23, 2011 22:21:21 GMT -5
Good point. I didn't really think of it that way!
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Post by addictedtodool on Mar 24, 2011 8:44:56 GMT -5
Good point, jkjpatch. I just kind of accepted it, like Vivian having a place to potty in a sarc. It's unbelievable, but not for Salem . Oh man, now I am going to be wondering that for the rest of the story. At least with John they gave him a new memory.
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Post by DancingDays on Mar 24, 2011 8:55:46 GMT -5
If I can remember (no pun intended), I'll check with our Psychology teacher later today. Maybe he'll have an explanation for it.
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Post by Kpatch on Mar 24, 2011 9:31:19 GMT -5
^^ DD, I would love to know how you are going to phrase that question without your psychology teacher thinking you are crazy, lol.
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Post by Trey on Mar 24, 2011 10:15:12 GMT -5
There's a part of the brain that stores basic information that amnesiacs or people with head trauma can use to effectively communicate. Different parts of the brain have different function. That's why people with amnesia can't remember (short/long term memory is affected) but their speech isn't affected.
However, I don't know how Stefano is able to extract memory and put it on a disk (a la John Black) or know that a memory is wiped clean.
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Post by ghoulgirl on Mar 24, 2011 10:27:49 GMT -5
LOL I am with jkjpatch. I can't wait to find out what he says! Please keep us posted.
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Post by moparchick on Mar 24, 2011 11:42:10 GMT -5
I thought of this as well!!
Isn't this just like Marlana years ago?! I remember her being brain-washed as well and was totally creeped out by it! LoL!!
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Post by sportsgirl on Mar 24, 2011 12:02:16 GMT -5
I think the writers truly under estimate how smart their viewers are!
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Post by Pallison on Mar 24, 2011 12:25:09 GMT -5
We do know that true amnesiacs forget who they are, who other people are, the events of their past etc. without forgetting their basic motor skills etc. But of course, no one has gone in and erased their memories either....so I guess it's a total different thing.....
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Post by DancingDays on Mar 24, 2011 13:13:08 GMT -5
OK. Here's my Psych teacher's take on it. Apparently there are different "kinds" of memories that our brains have. You can lose your long term memory (sort of like that Drew Barrymore/Adam Sandler movie "50 First Dates") or, after a brain injury, you could conceivably lose everything. If you did lose everything, you would not be able to talk, feed yourself, etc. It's like you would be a newborn baby.
So it looks like Days has taken creative license again. Can't say that I'm surprised, but whatever. If I watched it for its accuracy I'd be a bigger lunatic than Vivian.
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Post by Kpatch on Mar 24, 2011 15:09:16 GMT -5
Thanks for getting the professional's opinion, DD. Does your teacher watch Days? Did he want to know why you were asking the question? I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.  |
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Post by ghoulgirl on Mar 24, 2011 15:36:19 GMT -5
Yeah hey? LOL If that was me, I woulda been like, huh?
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