Re: TMS...the truth is out there...

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 23:22:51 MDT

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    On Thursday 26 June 2003 21:04, Spike wrote:
    > Brett Paatsch:
    > > > ... "we've been able to do selective memory wiping for
    > > > at least a year now..."
    > >
    > >...I was joking about wiping away any feelings of guilt that
    > >might arise if one could and did wipe away particular memories
    > >at will... Brett Paatsch
    >
    > Surgical removal of guilt feelings would be a wildly
    > popular application of such a technology, were it
    > to become available. Of course one would suffer
    > condemnation from *every* major religion, this
    > being their jealously guarded line of business,
    > in which they would not welcome additional competition.

    Really, such butchery to produce an artificial relief rather than facing and
    dealing with the feelings does seem rather contemptible. Not that I am
    saying guilt is a good thing but rather that getting done with it is an
    important part of growth and self-responsibility. It has nothing to do with
    religion to disapprove of such misuse of technology.

    >
    > Of course it is only a matter of time before word
    > gets around and a long waiting list soon forms
    > on Needleman's appointment book, as patients want
    > all feelings of guilt removed from their brains, this
    > being a very special kind of pain: the kind that
    > actually gets worse as time passes.
    >

    No, it doesn't. Not if it is dealt with intelligently.

    - samantha



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