| Neuroscientists admit that by administering beta-blockers like Propranolol, they can induce false memories in susceptible people, particularly those who have suffered a traumatic experience, (torture) leaving them "open to memory distortion - so true and false become harder to disentangle" but for what purpose? I can't think of a single positive application for 'False Memory Syndrome' except perhaps - "doctor, make me imagine I tried on a size 10 dress today, and it fitted" - which would be a real confidence booster for fat ladies. It could be used to suppress recollections of a distressing ordeal, but that is not healthy, it is far better to confront your psychological demons. However, I can think of numerous scenarios where a false memory could be implanted for sinister reasons, such as - I was molested by Sai Baba, when I wasn't, aliens abducted me, when they didn't, or I killed two schoolgirls, when I haven't! It could also account for many other misconceptions like, why Neil Armstrong is convinced he set foot on the lunar surface - or why George Bush thinks Saddam Hussein was responsible for September 11th. Elizabeth Loftus, a UCI psychologist explains, "In the real world you can't be there to exert your manipulations right at the time an event is happening, but you can get on the scene later" - when a patsy is in custody and subjected to "treatment" like Ian Huntley, who was a perfect candidate, having previously had a nervous breakdown after wrongful arrest for rape and is now serving life for murder. "We can easily distort memories for the details of an event that you did experience and we can also go so far as to plant entirely false memories" says Loftus, "we call them rich false memories because they are so detailed and so big." Mind-control has come a long way since Nazi concentration camp experiments, in fact, all the way to South America with Dr. Mengele and into the USA via the CIA's Operation Paperclip, where it is now respectable medical practice. This means that anyone could be made to admit to anything and no "confession" can ever be trusted again. So, maybe Bali's 'laughing bomber' wasn't so funny after all - or Moazzam Begg's ridiculous admission from Camp Delta, of having planned to spray the Houses of Parliament with anthrax, because it is so far-fetched and would be no easy feat for an ordinary father of four from Birmingham. With 'False Memory Syndrome' at the disposal of 'evil geniuses' we are all "Slobodan Guantanamo" now! Therefore, when you see my face on the front page with the Headline: - "I PLOTTED TO THROTTLE THE QUEEN" (with my bare hands, at her next walkabout) think twice - before congratulating me!.me. Nothing is what it seems and everything is a lie. |
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