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"My father was a master mechanic; I grew up with a screwdriver in one hand and a pair of pliers in the other."
- Frank Herbert
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| Brain Erasure | ||
| Deleting selected knowledge from the brain using electrical impulses. |
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And what if you have already loaded your brain up to its maximum capacity? You might want to erase some of that material.
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| "... The scanner can erase this new-found knowledge from the brain, by using a neutralizing electronic impulse. Then the student can learn entirely new subjects." |
| From The Knowledge Machine,
by Edmond Hamilton. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1948 Additional resources -
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Compare to erased memories from Philip K. Dick's 1966 story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale.
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