Kirkatronics Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I'm wondering about the consequences of having memories erased, especially memories that have affected your personality and psychology. How will your brain react when those memories are suddenly gone? Will it change again? Or will the experiences have been so deeply rooted that you actually can't forget about them? Obviously some memories are stored way, way deeper than others, and that's exactly the type of memories that have had a deep psychological impact on a person's personality, e.g. traumas etc. I was thinking about how they would target specific memories? How would it be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I think the forum server took one. It's decided to forget some recent events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkatronics Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I think the forum server took one. It's decided to forget some recent events. When they transfered servers they lost 24 hours of posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 When they transfered servers they lost 24 hours of posts. I never thought I'd have to use this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 For people with bad post traumatic stress disorder, yes, they should have the option to take these. But thats it. This shouldn't just be used to forget any bad memory you want to get rid of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookiablo Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I was thinking about how they would target specific memories?How would it be done? I think you take the pill very soon after the trauma has occurred. I doubt it gets rid of something from years back but then I'm not entirely sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 As far as I can tell from the OP, it doesn't erase the memory itself, just the associated fear of the memory. You won't have patches of memory missing, you won't have to have families and friends having to lie. I think! *isn't a neuroscientistamajig* Main thing that I see from this is that surely there's no way of pinpointing which memory to affect. Can you truly relate a few electric shocks to PTSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 As far as I can tell from the OP, it doesn't erase the memory itself, just the associated fear of the memory. You won't have patches of memory missing, you won't have to have families and friends having to lie. I think! *isn't a neuroscientistamajig* Main thing that I see from this is that surely there's no way of pinpointing which memory to affect. Can you truly relate a few electric shocks to PTSD? I'm quoting this because it's exactly what I was about to post, cos everyone's talking about erasing memories whereas this thing is erasing fear memories, as in, it's erasing the fear, not the memory. It seems to be more killing an emotion, than anything else, and I have my qualms about it, but then would compare it to half the drugs that already exist in the world. Topic title is a bit misleading. Alcohol already does it, anyway(when you have enough of it and make a tit of yourself, that is). Though on the subject of Eternal Sunshine, surely it showed that it never really works? Or that there's simply no point, as to lose a bad memory and have it again later, you just have the badness of it all over again. I disagree with anything ever erasing memories methinks, BUT! This isn't actually about that, so it's irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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