Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

remember the movie 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,' well it can happen. not for a few decades though.

so if this memory erasing ability were available now and you can get your memory erased, you would also lose all memories of first and individual memories. your first birthday, first first date, first kiss, first child, and future firsts. well there is a particular chemical in your brain that has an important role in the formation in memories. and when your brain blocks the production of this chemical, it will wipe out a traumatic memory. of course this is still in the works. scientist have been testing this out a on lab mice, and it is in works. and later in our lives there will be a pill. a pill government will probably use on veterans with post traumatic stress disorder or other things.

this was first heard on "this american life" for me, the showtime tv show, season 1 episode 6. i absolutely love the radio show and now the tv show. this an article i saw on BBC news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7685541.stm

oh yes, season 1 episode 6 also has a story about chicago's famous weiner circle.