Scientists have given flies memories of a bad experience they never really had.(physorg.com)

26 pointsby amichailقبل 17 سنة11 comments

http://www.physorg.com/news174827907.html

6 comments

seldoقبل 17 سنة

I'm filing this under "things that I'm not totally okay with science knowing how to do".

kenverقبل 17 سنة

Reminded me of an episode of star trek where they gave someone the memories of a murder victim as punishment for the murder.

btillyقبل 17 سنة

Would you prefer that they instead do research on giving people bad memories of things that never happened?

http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm

rgrieselhuberقبل 17 سنة

I think that's the point he was making.

bhamقبل 17 سنة

No, no, no! They should be working on how to remove the bad experiences I actually had! For instance, working at various notcoms for 5 years.

habermanقبل 17 سنة

charlesjuقبل 17 سنة

I want to be zapped with knowledge like in the Matrix!

mahmudقبل 17 سنة

You would be missing the joy of learning .. never mind, they can zap you with satisfaction as well.

nopassrecoverقبل 17 سنة

Reminds me of this awesomely written story: http://maxbarry.com/2009/04/09/news.html

chrischenقبل 17 سنة

Yes! One step closer to memory transplants!

madaerodogقبل 17 سنة

so how did they know they succeeded , the fly had a disgusted face after?