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Researchers discover how to erase memory (my question: can it be weaponized?)
PhysOrg ^
| 11/1/10
Posted on 02/19/2011 1:11:23 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Older article. Couldn't find it, or anything like it ever being posted on FR...
Anyway, I saw a Nova program on PBS last week about this subject. In that show, they talked about a class of chemicals that would not just selectively erase memories, but permanently erase them wholesale.
If you were targeted with such a weapon, you'd be returned to Day 1 of your infancy.
You'd still be an adult, of course, but you'd remember nothing about your life. You wouldn't even remember how to walk or talk or dress yourself or feed yourself. You'd have to start all over.
Imagine if a country that had done its research had the capability to hit an opposing military force with such a weapon. Or hit whole cities. Gives me the willies! Anyone heard about this?
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:14:49 PM PST
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: LibWhacker
An easier way to weaponize it is to give a skinhead a credit card, let him off at a gun shop and tell him, “Forget you ever saw me.”
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:15:25 PM PST
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
To: LibWhacker
I am pretty sure I was one of their first test subjects, but I just don’t remember.
To: LibWhacker
Researchers working with mice have discovered that by removing a protein from the region of the brain responsible for recalling fear, they can permanently delete traumatic memories. Great! FReepers can finally be freed from all those Helen Thomas images.
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:20:55 PM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: LibWhacker
Worked for Obama on the media.
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:21:29 PM PST
by
StAntKnee
(I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up from this dream theatre of the absurd.)
To: LibWhacker
Hmmm...
Frontal lobotomy?
or
Bottle in front of me?
Tough call...
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:21:59 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:22:08 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: LibWhacker
Worked for Obama on the media.
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:22:31 PM PST
by
StAntKnee
(I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up from this dream theatre of the absurd.)
To: stayathomemom
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:32:39 PM PST
by
nerdwithagun
(I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
To: Any Fate But Submission
To: JoeProBono
Lol, that’s probably what it’d be like.
To: Nervous Tick
I know I was going to post something here....
What was it?
It will come to me.
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:40:36 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/19/2011 1:42:06 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: LibWhacker; 50mm; shibumi
“You wouldn’t even remember how to walk or talk or dress yourself or feed yourself. You’d have to start all over.”
I start every day like that anyway.
Luckily, I’m a fast learner.
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posted on
02/19/2011 2:08:16 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
To: LibFreeOrDie
Oh crap.
What were we talking about?
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posted on
02/19/2011 2:10:10 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
02/19/2011 2:12:48 PM PST
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: JoeProBono
Thats what happens when you marry into the Kennedy clan..:O)
To: LibWhacker
"
Researchers discover how to erase memory..."
We already know how...just sit through an obama speech...
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posted on
02/19/2011 2:38:25 PM PST
by
FrankR
(The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
To: Salamander; shibumi
Do I know you? Where am I?
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posted on
02/19/2011 4:11:55 PM PST
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
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