Erase Unhappy Memories
New neurotechnology could help humans ‘erase’ unhappy memories News Desk | May 10, 2021 A new neurotechnology technique that could help humans to erase painful memories has raised “huge ethical problems,” says a leading neurologist because it threatens to artificially change a person’s personality.
A news-style image shows a dark silhouette of a human head with a red pencil erasing marks from the brain, illustrating the idea of deleting painful memories. The joke comes from treating a serious neurotechnology headline as if unhappy memories could simply be erased like pencil marks, making it useful as an absurd reaction to wanting to forget something unpleasant. EN: A news-style image shows a dark silhouette of a human head with a red pencil erasing marks from the brain, illustrating the idea of deleting painful memories. The joke comes from treating a serious neurotechnology headline as if unhappy memories could simply be erased like pencil marks, making it useful as an absurd reaction to wanting to forget something unpleasant.
- @eternalclassic / 3166 2021-11-14
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