Women already have this. They can remember the tiniest thing you said six months ago and use it against you.

I have a pretty awesome memory already. I wish I can flip open the top of my head and use an ice cream scoop on myself so I can forget the things that keep me up all night long.

As someone who has an extremely good memory, I can tell you it isn't always pleasant.

I'm more curious to see where the first abuses of the drug by university students studying for exams will be.

I remember almost everything I'm exposed to. Locations, exact phrases, the overall vibe, the weather and general time of day isolated events transpired, where people were standing or sitting, the lighting, etc. Nobody I know every knows what the hell I'm talking about....

I remember you fapped to me 6 days, 12 hours and 45 seconds ago....

You never forget your first beejay. Or any subsequent one.That's a powerful drug.

/need more experimental data, however

You mean I can relive childhood traumas as many times as I want?

I've been trying to annihilate my memory since I turned 21.

What do I need that for when I have google and wikipedia?

Having Aspergers and being attention deficit, I have memory like swiss cheese. (And Alzheimers runs in my family...) I would welcome this.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has an exceptionally good memory. And very glad to hear I'm not the only one who isn't exactly thrilled with that fact.

Sure, it makes people jealous a lot of the time. I'll go somewhere and 6 months or a year later still be able to remember where that awesome shop was I found or the little shortcut to the train station that saved 30 minutes. And yeah, I remember a lot of general facts so I hold up pretty damn well in a conversation.

The side that people don't see is that I also remember every time I made an ass of myself, every time something bad happens to me and that isn't always great.

/Really doesn't want a pill to help me remember the remaining stuff I do manage to forget

You could just slip that to some PTSD sufferers drink. I'm sure that'd have fantastic results!

vossiewulf: SilentStrider: done in one.

"Remember when 16 years ago on August 4th at 4:31PM you told me what I was wearing did NOT make me look skinny?!"
"No."
"WELL YOU DID. And so IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING TO THE FOOTBALL GAME ON SUNDAY I will be TOTALLY WITHIN MY RIGHTS TO DIVORCE YOU."
... (sigh)

No, it's more like they remember events that never happened ...

Her: "Remember on our trip to Waco when you thought I was a fat biatch? "
You: "Um, WTF, no?"

It was October 17th at 1:54 PM, and fourteen birds were flying by the window...

vossiewulf: I'm sure suppressing a major immune system protein that exists as a result of millions of years of evolution the function of which we don't understand and then radically altering the performance of our brains could not possibly have any unintended consequences.

For all we know, this how the brains of people with eidetic memory work.

ComicBookGuy: As someone who has an extremely good memory, I can tell you it isn't always pleasant.

The strongest memories I have are smells. Needless to say, I can make myself nauseous without too much trouble.

There sure are a lot of henpecked husbands in here.

Sheesh.

I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.

Amateurs.

For all we know, this how the brains of people with eidetic memory work.

Wouldn't it be a simple test to look for the PKR marker among the cases of people with photographic memories.

/I volunteer to frisk Marilu Henner.
//In the name of Science.

Hey, guys, is this today's thread where a bunch of Farkers insult women and think they're funny?

dj_bigbird: it already exists, it's a wedding ring on a woman's finger.

Yep.

ciberido: Hey, guys, is this today's thread where a bunch of Farkers insult women and think they're funny?

dj_bigbird: it already exists, it's a wedding ring on a woman's finger.

Yep.

So you're saying... You remember exactly when the last one was?

/are you married?

I have a fantastic memory when it comes to work events and can practically repeat a conversation verbatim if need be. But I have no memory of my childhood before the age of 12 except for one shot events. And they usually aren't very good memories.

No Limitless reference yet?

Anyways, I'm really curious if this is something that could be used to burn in memories during the usage of the drug(study time), or would you need to keep taking it to have easy access to what you learned?

Dinjiin: vossiewulf: I'm sure suppressing a major immune system protein that exists as a result of millions of years of evolution the function of which we don't understand and then radically altering the performance of our brains could not possibly have any unintended consequences.

For all we know, this how the brains of people with eidetic memory work.

What Wikipedia had mentioned was interesting:
With the questionable exception of Elizabeth (discussed above), as of 2008, no one claiming to have long-term eidetic memory has been able to prove this in scientific tests.[7] There are a number of individuals with extraordinary memory who have been labeled eidetickers, but many use mnemonics and other, non-eidetic memory enhancing exercises.

"Elizabeth" was basically a fraud. All the claims were based on her future husband's tests and she refused to demonstrate these abilities to anyone else. Ahhhhh.... no. We've heard this one before.

Furthermore:
Further evidence on this skepticism towards the existence of eidetic memories is given by a non-scientific event: The World Memory Championships. This annual competition in different memory disciplines is nearly totally based on visual tasks (9 out of 10 events are displayed visually, the tenth event is presented by audio). Since the champions can win lucrative prizes (the total prize money for the World Memory Championships 2010 is US$90,000), it should attract people who can beat those tests easily by reproducing visual images of the presented material during the recall. But, indeed, not a single memory champion has ever (the event has taken place since 1990) reported to have an eidetic memory. Instead, without a single exception, all winners name themselves mnemonists (see below) and rely on using mnemonic strategies, mostly the method of loci.[citation needed]

So, basically they're saying that a lot of exceptional claims are bunk, or at least exaggerated. Not that some people don't have phenomenally effective memory past what you and I can do, but that it's not nearly as absolute as sometimes claimed, esp not in the long term.

Nobody remembers every detail of everything in their field of view, and many cases are about intentionally trying to memorize details on queue, as opposed to "everything I ever experienced". Like I say, remarkable shiat is still out there, the record for recalling PI is 67,890 digits. Somebody actually memorized 67,890 essentially random numbers in order.

I won't need a drug to forget this article though.

badum-bum.

piercedgeek: No Limitless reference yet?

Anyways, I'm really curious if this is something that could be used to burn in memories during the usage of the drug(study time), or would you need to keep taking it to have easy access to what you learned?

I was about to, but you just ruined it for me.

The sound of one hand clapping: Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has an exceptionally good memory. And very glad to hear I'm not the only one who isn't exactly thrilled with that fact. Sure, it makes people jealous a lot of the time. I'll go somewhere and 6 months or a year later still be able to remember where that awesome shop was I found or the little shortcut to the train station that saved 30 minutes.

And yeah, I remember a lot of general facts so I hold up pretty damn well in a conversation.The side that people don't see is that I also remember every time I made an ass of myself, every time something bad happens to me and that isn't always great.

Yea...it really isn't too great at all. I'd give it up if I could. It's also super fun making references that no one gets even though they were involved in whatever you're referencing, or saw the exact same movie/show. And then feeling dumb having to explain that "Yes, four months ago this happened to all of us. You were there too."

I take a medicine (Topamax) for vestibular migraine; which works great but one of the side effects is memory loss and trouble with word recall. The new treatment might be a nice idea, but I'm sure it wouldn't be selectve, either. It would be like sensory overload.

I wish I could buy a pill that could make me forget specific things.

Oznog: piercedgeek: No Limitless reference yet?

Anyways, I'm really curious if this is something that could be used to burn in memories during the usage of the drug(study time), or would you need to keep taking it to have easy access to what you learned?

I was about to, but you just ruined it for me.

Same...As soon as I read the topic I glanced over to my tv...and sure enough, that DVD case was staring back at me...great movie...frightening concept.

No thank you. If you can make it work only for educational skills, I'm game. If have to remember every single mistake I make on a daily basis for the rest of my life, go fark yourself.

DrippinBalls: Thanks for the Meme-ries
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I remember you fapped to me 6 days, 12 hours and 45 seconds ago....

Poppycock!

Would like to, but the restraining order kinda kills the mood..... I'll wait for you, P.....

/fap
//sob
///sleep

Kurmudgeon: I wish I could buy a pill that could make me forget specific things.

I believe it comes in liquid form.

Best results are achieved if administered soon after the event.

/it's called vodka

vossiewulf: please don't sign me up for the clinical trials

That's what Chinese prisoners are for.

Just give me the pill for remembering peoples' names.