2006-11-27

The Memory Pill

"Eternal Sunshine"(無痛失戀)真實版?
If there were a pill you could take after experiencing a painful or traumatic event that would permanently weaken your memory of what had just happened, would you take it?

An ongoing study suggests it's a choice that may not be so far off. The drug is called propranolol and it's already used to treat high blood pressure. As Lesley Stahl reports, the prospect of using propranolol to modify memory has some trauma victims filled with hope, and some critics alarmed by the potential for misuse.
你希望有藥物幫助你減弱,甚至消除痛楚記憶/印象?

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/21/memory_drug

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2 Comments:

At 28/11/06 13:00, Blogger JoNathan said...

肯定的是將會出現一個很大的爭論,尤其在道德 (ethnics)方面。

記得在我喜愛的韓國奇幻小說《龍族》中主角跟神龍王有一段對話:

「…所謂的我並不是只有這個身體裏的東西。對其他人而言,其他所有的事物都有我… 這所有的事物都聚集起來的時候,才有我這個人。我們是這樣生存的。這就是人類!」

先不談失憶藥被不當應用到犯罪和政治方面的影響,也許藥物真的可以幫災難受害者消去記憶,可是受害者並不是獨立並隔離生活的,當他們在之後的生活中跟其他人互動,透過對話、報章及互聯網而再次接觸到與災難相關的資訊時,他們又會有甚麼反應?可能的二次創傷會對他們帶來更大的傷害嗎?

 
At 12/12/06 00:35, Anonymous 匿名 said...

看这套戏时, 觉得很沉重.
没有了记忆, 我们还剩下什么?

 

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