Mixed Messages

Have you ever had that disorientation that comes from having a conversation or having a memory of a conversation that never happened? Maybe you were in a shop and the person was saying they sold an item only to say later the item doesn’t exist. This is not a conversation where they just changed their mind. This is a conversation where they said something but it was later reedited.

Thinking back to computer patches this could be a conversation that is bringing up deleted features. If these features were so big that it could trigger memories or thoughts about those lost features then conversations about them should be removed.

An example, a simulated world allows the people of that world to fly, then it seems flying is causing problems and is removed. Everyone still has memories of flying so that is removed, but flying is still very big and birds can trigger memories. To not have to remove birds and everything that flies conversations about people flying is just changed. These changes are very careful to only modify the general idea of the conversation and not remove all of it.

Next time you think you hear someone say something only for them to later tell you they didn’t consider what would be different if they did.