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- slugicide, on 10/11/2007, -0/+156I've seen this movie.
- schroeder, on 10/11/2007, -3/+99I'm more concerned about it being used to make people forget things against their will. Like CIA type *****. Scary.
- Canadianb123, on 10/11/2007, -2/+77Yes! And the new drug will be called...BEER!* And we will set up separate areas for taking this revolutionary drug......hmmmm.........BARS!
* Symptoms may include vomiting, nausea, extreme headaches, forgetfulness of current location, etc. - crackah, on 10/11/2007, -4/+60Now we can forget the bush administration ever happened
- AlmostEvil, on 10/11/2007, -0/+32I'm not so sure, I mean.. what happens with stray thoughts?
Nobody thinks solidly about a single thing, it tends to be slightly random mish mash of thoughts, for example a smell will bring back an old childhood memory etc.
Plus, people learn from their mistakes.. bad memories and all, you could say memories are what make a person.. if you take away those bad memories what will you have learned?
However, that said.. I suppose I could see the advantages of this.. for example people who have suffered extreme trauma like rape, torture etc. - counterstriker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+32no I am pretty sure it is a movie called eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Sunshine - airwalkery2k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27"Mr. Smith, can you tell us about the 'incident' you witnessed last night? With the 'aliens'?"
- wordsofwisedumb, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25Bad memories are an important part of the learning process. Removing them will not provide an overall improvement. This could be helpful for people with post traumatic stress disorder or people who have memories that prevent them from functioning.
- robdon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25we'll find out in 20 years that this causes brain cancer or something..
- BIllyBobFett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22Pretty cool; especially the mouse experiment. I'm sure it's a long way from reliable use though. As for the concerns, it seems kind of patronizing to say that we should prevent people from using it (I noticed the British Parliament started talking about regulating it as soon as it was announced). If adults know the risks, and decide they want to use it, no one else has the right to tell them they can't. They're the only ones who own their brains.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19bye bye goatse and tubgirl?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+25Anyone seen Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind?
- HoIIister, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17This drug would be useful to some war veterans suffering from war-related psychological issues.
- Quidam, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18Okay so what if you were concentrating really hard on a memory you wanted to get rid of and then at the last moment you accidently thought of let's say...an important family member. So if for a second you lost your train of thought, you could potentially lose a valuable memory!
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Hypnosis + this drug= Mind controlled assassins
- BackwardsPanda, on 10/11/2007, -4/+19This cant be a good thing in the long run.
- MadOtaku, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12If you read the article, it says that you don't forget anything, just disassociate their emotions with the memory.
- Typhoon2009, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Red pill or blue pill?
- Figs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11I don't this actually gets rid of the memories guys, it just dissociates the emotional content from the memory. You can remember exactly what happened, just you won't be freaked or bothered. (From my understanding of the article.)
- Worldchrisis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Seems too dangerous, could potentially cause more memory damage than just getting rid of single memories. Memory erasure has always seemed like a bad idea to pursue in my opinion.
- nreynolds, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10well it goddamn well better have. They mention it all over the article.
- wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Livers everywhere are rejoicing.
- GawtMilk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9...or the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
- archlich, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9One problem, getting the drug to the rest of the world.
- samdu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Total Recall predated ESotSM. Both were good flicks, though.
- ddxChrist, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13Huge potential for abuse. While I feel for anyone who has endured trauma and may benefit from it, I fear for what could become of it in the wrong hands.
- TheAkolyte, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Finnaly I can forget about that clown who.... well nevermind.
- iluvudigg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9perfect product and perfect time to launch especially for the iphone customers
- ladyarcher85, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8this one indeed has great uses but again like most things it leaves the door open to be abused.
I do agree with your points. Memories, bad or not are the ones that help us become the persons we are now.
the problem with people is they don't see it as such. Always wishing that the bad things would be better forgotten. What then? - dosle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
sayin' - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Remember GOB's "Forget-Me-Nows" from 'Arrested Development'? I think they were Roofies, basically.
- MasterThief117, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I think I heard about this before, but I seem to have just forgotten.
Strange. - halosniper7, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"joel, look, my crotch is still here!"
- afreytes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Joel: Is there any risk of brain damage?
Howard: Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage, but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss. - mawcc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- manova, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I've been reading about this, and I think this article is jumping the gun a bit.
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5That sounds bad, what are the chances of schizophrenia?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5This 'technnology' is sooo old.
Ever heared of MKULTRA? - thall, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5What are the chances some country's military made the same discovery years ago?
- Emeaux, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Memories can go away....but herpes last forever.
- dRuNk3nIrIsHmEn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5See Eye Eh
- dn11, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5* must be taken indefinitely as effects are merely temporary
- sail191912, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Men in Black?
- EmileVictor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5You want to experience those again?!
- kakeeman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Except you wouldn't drive off a cliff because you wouldn't know how to drive a car.
- staffrocket, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Or all your bad memories morph into a super bad memory energy ball and shoot lasers at people. =(
- wesw02, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I have two really big problems with this.
1) "Researchers have found they can use drugs to wipe away single, specific memories while leaving other memories intact." - Yea they think it will leave other memories intact, but lets be real, any kind of tampering with the brain like this can have horrible side effects that may not appear for years and years to come. Who knows, this could be starting some kind of slow chain reaction that will go unnoticed for years, until one day, BOOM, "who am I?"
2) I understand their are horrible horrible memories that some people do not ever want to remember, but their your memories, they help define who you are. If you just start "deleting" all the bad memories, who knows how that can effect your personality. I mean my personality is defined by all the events that have taken place in my life good and bad, if you took away some of those memories its a pretty good chance I'm not going to be the same person, even if it is minor changes. - sunshinemonster, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4This will be the biggest import for totalitarian/military regime states.
- GameMogul, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Shooop daaa whoooop
- StMac, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Lacuna Inc?
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