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

26 pointsby amichailvor 17 Jahren11 comments

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

6 comments

seldovor 17 Jahren

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

kenvervor 17 Jahren

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

btillyvor 17 Jahren

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

I think that's the point he was making.

bhamvor 17 Jahren

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.

habermanvor 17 Jahren

charlesjuvor 17 Jahren

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

mahmudvor 17 Jahren

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

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

chrischenvor 17 Jahren

Yes! One step closer to memory transplants!

madaerodogvor 17 Jahren

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