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The original was posted on /r/siloseries by /u/ElectronicSyllabub32 on 2023-09-07 17:58:58.
I didn't understand this from the series, and I read all 3 books and still don't understand it, how the drugs in the water to mess with people's memory. The drug mentioned at the beginning of Shift is propranolol, which helps trauma victims not have such severe memories of their trauma. It doesn't erase the memories, just dulls them and makes them not so impactful. Let's say "it's based on a real drug, but it's a story so doesn't have to be the same thing." But in the book they say how the drugs work better the more traumatic the memory is. That makes sense for why people don't remember the beginning of the Silo days, b/c there were bombs and craziness going on. But my questions are:
- Why don't people in Silo 1 remember who they were? Your name and other core memories aren't traumatic, they're just facts of life. Similarly, people in other Silos not remembering mundane facts.
- Let's just say these drugs are really good at wiping out all memories. Then how can people remember how to do their jobs? If you can remember how to be a mechanic, then you can remember your name.
- Donald was immune to the drugs b/c of the anti anxiety medication he was on, and it was still in his system during his 1st shift. Did his anti anxiety meds give him permanent immunity to the memory erasing drugs tho? What about his other shifts, when the anti anxiety meds were no longer in his system, was he still drinking the water?
- How do Thurman, Eren, and Anna not have erased memories? Do they not drink the same water? Do they have special nanobots to combat it?