The Unforgettable Danger of Erasing Bad Memories

Pill to erase bad memories: Ethical furore over drugs ‘that threaten human identity’

Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145777/Pill-erase-bad-memories-Ethical-furore-drugs-threaten-human-identity.html

A drug which appears to erase painful memories has been developed by scientists.

The astonishing treatment could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder and those whose lives are plagued by hurtful recurrent memories.

But British experts said the breakthrough raises disturbing ethical questions about what makes us human.

They also warned it could have damaging psychological consequences, preventing those who take it from learning from their mistakes.

Dr Daniel Sokol, a lecturer in medical ethics at St George’s, University of London, said: ‘Removing bad memories is not like removing a wart or a mole. It will change our personal identity since who we are is linked to our memories.

‘It may perhaps be beneficial in some cases, but before eradicating memories, we must reflect on the knock-on effects that this will have on individuals, society and our sense of humanity.’

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Russell’s Opinion

What do you think of Neuroscience developing pills that could potentially erase your memory? I don’t know about you, but to me it seems a bit excessive. Sure their are people with phobia’s all around the world that could be cured, but are those irrational fears untreatable by any other means than this pill?

I have heard stories of people being able to have tremendous breakthroughs with their phobia’s simply by taking the time and courage to expose themselves to it. For example, a person who has a phobia of bees is sent into a beehive with clothing. After the initial paralyzing from fear, the patient after time was able to rid their phobia of bees completely.

Of course we can’t expect that this method would work for everybody with any type of phobia. I do however wonder about the true reasons for developing a permanent ”date-rape” drug, this time labelled under the convenience of helping people with phobias and trauma. To me, it is a scary proposition to have a pill that is capable of erasing your memories, good, bad or indifferent.

No this isn’t a conspiracy theory post. Although a person only has to look into our history to predict the future. Humanity so far has an awful track record when it comes to using weapons on each other. We have been proven to use every single weapon that we have conceived on one another. If you look at all the chemical, atomic, and biological weapons ever developed, they all have been tested against the population of this world.

With all this ”phobia” of a New World Order Government it is amazing that we don’t see the separate but related elements that are hurling us towards this fate. Whether it is micro-chipping your children, replacing real money with electronic money, or now using pills to erase memory, these are all technologies who’s potential risk greatly outweighs the benefits. If you do not notice the connections yet, perhaps you will notice the them. All the above elements have on thing in common. Control.

Wake up people. Your time is now. Whether these are sinister solutions with a hidden agenda or genuine gifts meant to help humanity the choice is always yours. You decide what happens by giving your vote, paying your taxes and supplying your attention. You can help by avoiding being distracted 24/7 with nonesense media and entertainment. Everything in life requires moderation. The time is now to moderate what is going on now while we still have the choice.

Manifesting Memory

Have you grown your memory lately?

The ability to increase the capacity of your memory is a gift that very few people take advantage of. I thought I had a pretty decent memory, as I’ve been always good with names and faces. When it comes to trivia games where the answer is among the choices and my odds increase dramatically. This is because of something my high school science teacher taught us. Mr. Isaac was an interesting man who had memorized the every number and symbol on the entire periodic table and we always tested his ability in class by asking him what a specific value was. Time and time he would recite the values of the specific molecule mass or boiling point and time after time he would succeed. Finally one day I  piped up in class and asked “Mr. Isaac, how come you can do that, how come your memory is so strong?” he replied, “because I work it out, but more importantly Russell, you and everyone in this room can do the same thing too!” My science teacher went on to say “Every human being has the unique ability to retain any piece of information, such as a song on the radio, and store it infinitely in memory” Over time the neural networks used to access to these memories would degrade, however, the information would essentially still be there. Well that triggered something in my young hormonal mind and from that day on I decided this was how I wanted my memory to be, fit and strong as Mr. Isaacs.

Have you given your memory a work out lately?

As the years went on and I became more dependent on computers and calculators the use of my brain power seemed to be devoted to other things. I remember my friend who worked at a local computer retailer getting me my first digital hand-held organizer. I took the onus upon myself to store large amounts of information in that machine. I had everything like people birthdays, passwords, to-do’s, gift ideas, and yes even phone numbers. I almost relied on it too much and my memory recall became a little s-l-o-w-e-r. I always remember being in awe and admiring those people who could memorize quotes and thinking that it was so far outside of my ability at the time. Little did I realize that taking that organizer with me on a holiday trip to my nation’s capital would change my life forever.

One day while waiting for a friend that I was visiting on this vacation to get off work I went to the pharmacy to browse around, see if they had a photocopier. I had drawn a tattoo of my own design and wanted to make a few copies of the original. I must have been really into the photocopying because I have only a memory of setting my digital hand-held organizer on the machine, but don’t have a memory of remembering to grab it. That’s because I forgot it there, some mega memory I had! I was angry at myself for being absent-minded and worried about what I was going to do to remember all that information. I may not have always had a stellar memory but I was always optimistic and it wasn’t very long before I realized that I had lost my organizer for a reason… even if that reason took a while to come up with. A couple days later I had realized that the reason I lost it was because I didn’t need it to begin with in the first place! That was a pretty strong idea and I tested my faith in the theory by practicing my memory when I got home. Back then I had a million-dollar sales account that I managed and I used the belief of having a good memory to become great with codes and customer numbers. It was amazing that in less than a month of applying belief and action to my memory I had practically forgotten about the lost organizer. What was really amazing was that I know could remember 6-digit product codes, 8-digit customer codes and 10-digit phone numbers at will and surprisingly with ease! I can also remember long quotes from famous people and I use this skill that I am continually building in my speeches.

Are you ready to train your memory?

Memory is something that can be trained and the first step is belief. Do you believe that it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks? I do and have evidence to prove it… but that is another story perhaps. The main point of my story I want you to walk away with is that you can change your life anytime you put your mind into it. If you would have asked me back in high-school science class if one day I would be able to remember long quotes and numbers in my head I would have told you forget about it! Today, I write this from the perspective of the person who has chosen to become better and I am here to tell you to remember that anything is possible! Today I work with clients and help them build the kind of lives that they won’t want to forget!