Freeing the Mind to Forget


	Freeing the Mind to Forget

chestnut501

9-6-2009 9:47 AM

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chestnut501 says:

It may be possible to restore the old brain to its younger, more pliable state.

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9-6-2009 11:02 AM

disenchantedcitizen

I'll bet the military is experimenting with this too.

9-6-2009 5:27 PM

ofcapri

High Ya Sweetheart - Tks. for the advice. Hope you are having a GREAT HOLIDAY !

The weather here in N.H. has been wonderful.

9-7-2009 10:31 AM

janclip1300

Welcome to the machine...

@&^^%! This is so incredibly stupid. There's no reason to do so, other then money. And they try to make it sound like a scientific progress. "Because we can". Bastards.

When did "Because we can" ever become a valid argument to un-justify fate, ey?
Well if we could, we should all go back in time to wipe out or prevent any painful experience, how about that? Let's see what happens next. How would we describe the human race then? What's left of the idea of a free will when there's no sequence of happy and severe consequences to read from? Our 'Free Will pill' is now available in blue and red.

Why would we judge and punish the ones that inflict pain to others, if the...

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