RE: More is Better (was RE: another puzzle)

From: Lee Corbin <lcorbin.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:09 -0700

Jonathan writes

> I've sometimes wondered whether some anaesthetics might work this way: put
> you into a state of paralysis, and affect your short term memory. So you
> actually experience the doctor cutting you open, with all the concommitant
> pain, but you can't report it at the time and forget about it afterwards. If
> you knew an anaesthetic worked that way, would you agree to have it used on
> you for surgery?

When I was in high school, I read that dentists were considering
use of a new anasthetic with this property. I was revolted, and
even more revolted when none of my friends could see anything
wrong with it.

Experiences are real, whether you remember them or not.

Lee
Received on Thu Jun 30 2005 - 19:25:19 PDT