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Thursday, October 23, 2008

PARANOIA in the real world: MemGo 

Loyal citizen Dan McMahon links to a BBC report that American scientists have taken steps towards a pill that selectively removes memories from the brain.
In experiments with mice, researchers from the Georgia College of Medicine were able to eliminate memories without any damage to the rodents' brains.

They suggested that the technique which works on a particular protein in the brain could, one day, be used to help humans overcome traumatic events.

However, the chief scientist said this was "years or even decades away."

"Good old soothing BBC," says Dan, "picking a scenario with the lowest possible level of bowel-loosening horror." Clearly the BBC isn't aware of (or has forgotten about) MemGo in the PARANOIA rulebook, and the implications of memory editing shown in the mission collection WMD. To say nothing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or the collected works of MemGo's inspiration, Philip K. Dick.

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