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