[HPforGrownups] RE :What would convince Harry/canned memories

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 134622

Amanda wrote:
> "PUTTING A MEMORY IN THE PENSIEVE TAKES IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD" and "The
> obvious corollary I draw is: if it's not in your head, *you don't
> know
> it anymore.*"

Samantha:
> But what occured to me is, if you no longer have the memory, how could
> you remember to look for it later? Because, you wouldn't know what you
> were looking for when you needed it later, would you?

I think you can probably let yourself remember you had a really good reason.
It would require a degree of double-think and self-trust that probably few
of us could master. But Dumbledore is brilliant, as he has pointed out.

~Amandageist