4. Why Doesn't Booker Remember Anything?
But if Booker existed in a realty where his daughter was taken away by the Luteces and he saw her get taken through a portal aswell as interacting with Comstock, why doesn't he remember anything? This one is actually explained in the very first thing you ever see in the game. As the game opens we see the quote, "The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist..." attributed to "Barriers to Trans-Dimensional Travel, R. Lutece, 1889" We see so many quotes thrown around to illustrate points in art that you could be forgiven for having glazed over this. I am sure many never cottoned on this was actually a fake quote drawn up by one of the Lutece twins ont he first play through.It explains that subjects who are brought into a reality in which they don't belong will create memories to fill in gaps in their logic. This may sound like a convenient excuse but this actual has basis in reality. During some attacks where pshycological damage takes place, subjects will forget the reailty and invent an easier to understand one. The mind is an entirely unreliable thing and when it doesn't understand something, it will fix its perception of reality to make sure it does.
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