Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
A couple of weeks back I managed to get me and one of my close friends some temporary Teaching Assistant Jobs at a local high school. We were having a sandwich and a coffee in the staff room at lunch when we started talking about some of our favourite film. Vanilla Sky and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind were both mentioned because of their strange and interesting story line. Basically both films are about the idea of experiencing memory loss out of choice. Whilst we were having a debate about which one was the best and why the science teacher must have overheard us as he comes rushing over to tell us about this crazy new creation in Israel which they actually believe can do just what we were talking about, erase your memories!
This notion of erasing your unwanted hurtful or painful memories has always been something to only ponder about but now there are people out there making it a reality! Scientists in Israel are saying they have devised a way to eliminate the memories that cause our cravings. They have been testing the method on rats, they gave the rats cocaine in a designated area in their pen over a period of time and then injected them with ZIP the new memory eraser, they say the results worked so well that the rats ignored the place they had scored the drug suggesting that all memories of the effect of the drug and their cravings for it had been eliminated. This new protein which is supposed to help erase memories is called ZIP and scientists are hoping it will help humans in overcoming their own drug addictions, by erasing any memories associated with the drug. Will other memories be affected though? Will people forget their good memories as well as their bad?
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