Numerous sci-fi films since have capitalized on our fear of being surrounded by duplicates — replicas who look just like our loved ones but are not. And while there have so far been no confirmed cases of a human being replaced by an alien or any other life-form, the feeling that your loved one has been replaced by someone else can be very real.
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Seeing Impostors: When Loved Ones Suddenly Aren’t
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In Future, Science Could Erase Traumatic Memories
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112531962
Scientists are beginning to understand why fearful memories are so persistent in the brain, and how they can be erased.
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The New Yorker Fiction - James Salter’s “Last Night”
Thomas McGuane reads James Salter’s short story “Last Night,” and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
Read the short story here:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/11/18/021118fi_fiction