O_O

like those things on the MIB movie

rapist and child molesters would probably use them

i don't know any criminal that WOULDN"T use it

not to mention the government

edit- i think theres two ways your memory could work, electrical storage (like ram) or chemical storage( like a hard drive, but with chemicals)

second edit- did you know electroshock therapy causes memory loss if done repeatedly?

This post was edited by Garethsir on Dec 30 2008 10:06pm

Memories can be erased easily.

to erase everything would probably be easier than to erase specific things

Well, as far as I know your memory kinda has both RAM and a hard drive, as short term and long term memory, respectively.

How?

During sleep, the thinking goes, neurons in the hippocampus fire, driving a transfer of its information to the neocortex, the top layer of the cerebrum that serves as the brain's hard disk, or permanent storage bin.

Dimming memories while they are being converted from short-term to long-term, of course, is very possible now (don't bogart that joint!) - but it works because the general process of forming long-term memories is what is being interfered with.

In general, to address existing long-term memories will probably require computer-brain interfacing at a high semantic level to be done right. This is because such memories are entangled with the rest of the personality, and affect/cause other actions/memories to happen/be formed. So they would have to be edited, substitute false memories implanted, the storyline be made consistent, etc. Not simple. We have a long way to go untill such control could be exercised. Hopefully never..

hammer = gg memory erasing device

This post was edited by STANUL on Jan 1 2009 02:48pm