I'm reading an interesting book right now called 'Social Intelligence' by Daniel Goleman. So far it's pretty good, albeit a lil technical. No mercy with the scientific terms.
In one small segment, he talks about memories. I've never really given it much thought, but according to him, they're actually chemicals in our brain that are 'stored'; much like the hard-drive you're running reading this right now.
It seems that throughout life, each time we 'access' a memory, it is re-written to take into account any new context/information.
The thought of that is just 'wow'. Imagine if we could isolate where these chemicals are exactly, and perhaps one day engineer them!
Wish you could visit the Bahamas? "Sure thing sir. This won't hurt one bit". You wake up with a complete memory of having a wonderful beach holiday with Jessica Alba!
Of course, the opposite of this would be something along the lines of 'The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', which I think has to be one of the coolest movies.
Would you like to have your memories messed with?
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i just want my memories deleted.
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