> the problem with human memory is that each read operation is also a write operation I consider it an attribute of human memory, rather than a problem. Emotio

> the problem with human memory is that each read operation is also a write operation I consider it an attribute of human memory, rather than a problem. Emotionally charged memories can haunt people for decades, negatively affecting their daily lives. (PTSD is a general condition, not something only reserved for solders.) Once people understand the malleability of memory, they can desensitize themselves, remove emotional attachments, or degrade memories entirely on purpose. (In a strange twist of fate, this effect is at the heart of many alternative medicine / pseudoscience techniques, from hypnosis-based trauma release to scientology's auditing.)