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More Debate on Memory Erasing Drugs

brainpic from article Washington Post discusses the use of Propranolol on stress, with the aim of eliminating the trauma of difficult memories. Although there are a number of clear candidates for such therapy, such as victims of domestic and political violence, the luddites and neocons are grumpy: "'All of us can think of traumatic events in our lives that were horrible at the time but made us who we are. I’m not sure we’d want to wipe those memories out,' said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist at Washington University in St. Louis who serves on the President’s Council on Bioethics, which condemned the research last year. 'We don’t have an omniscient view of what’s best for the world.'" Suffer, spake the sage.

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This is a bunch of crock. These are overexagerrated claims by the stupid researchers who really have nothing. All you people who think memory erasing is unethical., immoral, and blah, blah, blah, can save your breath., you are really stupid if you actually beleieve this idiotic researcher claims.
There is no way they can isolate and delete a specific memory. I don't know why they even attempt these futile claims. Memories are spread throughout the brain, how can they isolate and delete specific ones? It cannot be done and they don't tell you that.
I am a sufferer of severe ptsd. I wish something like this could be done for people as bad off and suffering as I do. I would even opt for total amnesia as a cure. I am actually mentally disabled because of this. I even tried the so-called "memory erasing pill, propropanol" and it did not do anything.
These stupid scientists., why don't they shut up. What are they trying to prove with these misleading claims?, false hope for those suffering so they can get more publicity to make money to buy another Rolls Royce? Anyone who takes them seriously is a stupid jackass.

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