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Scientists Have Discovered How To 'Delete' Unwanted Memories (telegraph.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind dept.

A new documentary from PBS reveals how cutting edge science enables us to 'edit' memories and create new ones from scratch. "For much of human history, memory has been seen as a tape recorder that faithfully registers information and replays it intact," say the film's makers. "But now, researchers are discovering that memory is far more malleable, always being written and rewritten, not just by us but by others. We are discovering the precise mechanisms that can explain and even control our memories."

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  1. Paging Dr. Tyrell by dwywit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, and his niece Rachel.

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    1. Re:Paging Dr. Tyrell by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bzzzzzzt---wrong film. And therefore not even remotely funny.

      You should be paging Dr Edgemar.

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  2. Finally! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please test it on goatse

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  3. Let me guess.... by dohzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does the method involve alcohol?

  4. Re:Faithfully? by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    It has been well known that memory is unreliable.

    Unless you're misremembering that.

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