[lit-ideas] Re: 'Eternal Sunshine' drug selectively erases memories

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> <<As a kid I used to wonder about heaven and how I would feel about not
> having a body anymore.  I've always thought my body was me.  I couldn't
> imagine me without it. What good is existing without the senses?  God would
> have to wipe the slate clean or else he'd have a lot of homesick souls
> moping about heaven all day.
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> My 2 cents.>>
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What an odd/interesting thing to read.  As a kid, I used to wonder about
what it would be like not to be confined, imprisoned in this body, to get
out of a sort of cage I felt it was.  I don't have to tell you that as a
young adult I had a fairly serious flirtation with gnosticism.

God bless those Greeks ....

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> Mike Geary
> Memphis
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
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> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2008 10:12 AM
> *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: 'Eternal Sunshine' drug selectively erases
> memories
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> I hate to say it because cynic I am not (usually) -- but w/out your
> memories you wouldn't know you lacked your memories.
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> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> "Eternal Sunshine" refers to the movie, of course.
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>> One of the comments at the bottom of the page mentions potential uses of a
>> memory-cleansing drug.   Torturers could make you forget that you were
>> tortured, for instance.   An even worse scenario occurred to me.   Imagine a
>> torturer threatening you with this drug -- threatening to wipe your memory
>> clean.  Wouldn't you tell them everything you know (and even things you
>> don't know) to hang on to your memories of your childhood, your parents,
>> your children, your first kiss...   Who would you be without your memories?
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>> http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/brain/dn15025-eternal-sunshine-drug-selectively-erases-memories.html
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