tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post7526373371964222809..comments2023-11-03T06:16:11.862-04:00Comments on insidious truth: Memory Problemslaughinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-69987809421181686672008-06-20T15:54:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:54:00.000-04:00I have yet to see a Sandler movie, but I hear that...I have yet to see a Sandler movie, but I hear that "The Wedding Singer" is OK.<BR/><BR/>Science-fiction wise, I think the "Total Recall" movie, and the original Philip K Dick story (I think it was called "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale") is relevant here. There was even a related TV series. Once those bad memories are gone, the company in the story can fix you up with some good memories. <BR/><BR/>I have an ongoing situation (with bad things) that has been going on so long, but is so intertwined with everything else in my life, there is no way that I would dump the memories of these years. <BR/><BR/>If you look for solutions in science fiction (in terms of future inventions), the time machine will do the trick for getting rid of bad memories or periods of time: no need to erase bad memories of events that happened when you make sure that the bad events never happen.<BR/><BR/>In terms of you (the generic "you") <BR/>having memories removed, and friends still remembering, there is that. Your same life, your friends, your family would still be there. Even if friends were clued in on the memory-erasing operation and made efforts not to tell you of stuff, there could be accidental clues, rude people anxious to tell you, or the person's own curiosity of what was lost. So then the memories creep back. I suppose that if you put someone in the witness protection program, away from everything, that might work. Otherwise, those memories might get put right back.<BR/><BR/>"Total Recall" involved false vacation memories. Those are probably the easiest to erase, too: if someone went alone on a two-week vacation in Sri Lanka, and it was hell on earth, you might have a better chance of erasing that two weeks than you would of erasing a stretch of regular life.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com