Total Recall

NY Times ^ | April 13, 2008 | GARY MARCUS

[Ken522]

Seems odd that a sky diver would forget to pull the rip cord during a jump .... more likely he can’t get his hand on it before he hits!

[ReignOfError]

I wouldn’t want a chip implanted — I’d rather have an interface implanted to hook up external memory. That way, you could swap chips.

[Uncle George]

Could they also put a little VIAGARA in that chip?

[doc1019]

Yes, better personal control. ;-)

[maine-iac7]

Trojan Horse to the nth?

When you realize how much information can be encoded on a chip these days - you have to think: Okay, so the chip might perform as advertised - BUT, what else is embedded on that chip???

No thank you. I'll stick to good foods, good vitamins and minerals, maybe double up on the lecithin, get my unpolluted fresh air and my sunshine - and put post it notes everywhere...

[Rudder]

we are very good at recognizing photos...

Of faces (he should've made that clear, photos of a random number table don't work out so well.)

[AmericaUnite]

Save for later read.

[doc1019]

And if the chip were programmed my Microsoft, you would have to stop living at least once a week to update yourself. Think about it. ;-)

[Rudder]

Check out the small book, The Mind of a Mnemonist by A.R. Luria (Russian neurologist). It's a case study of a guy who could not forget anything---turns out he couldn't make any decisions, either.

[kromike]

For test subjects, I can think of two white-trash, trailer park political whores from Arkansas who suffer from I-can't-recall-itis when it comes to testifying before endless grand juries.

They also suffer from recollections of non-existent sniper fire and fighting terrorists while getting blow-jobs.

[Fox_Mulder77]

“I’d rather have an interface implanted to hook up external memory”

I agree with you on that.

[lilylangtree]

Good grief! Shades of “Johnny Mnemonic”

[Drango]

I’m trying to forget my ex wife.

[KoRn]

And if the chip were programmed my Microsoft, you would have to stop living at least once a week to update yourself. Think about it."

You will also be sick from virus infections on a regular basis.

[Moonman62]

Seems odd that a sky diver would forget to pull the rip cord during a jump

And how do they know? Do they ask the corpse?

[LouD]

An interesting legal question: You have the legal right not to incriminate yourself via testimony, but could a memory chip be subpoenaed and introduced as evidence against you?

[Army Air Corps]

Be very careful of those chips sold by BorgCorp.

[maine-iac7]

And if the chip were programmed my Microsoft, you would have to stop living at least once a week to update yourself.

[doc1019]

Love mouse! ;-)

(Just a typical White, gun-toting, Jesus-loving grandpa)