We can remember it for you wholesale

In this classic Philip K Dick shortstory, a man purchases a fake vacation and given false memory implants. During the operation they discover hidden memories of the man being a secret agent. What fascinates me is the notion of fake memories. Is it possible to have false memories "implanted"? I know there are drugs available now that can allow you to forget certain memories but I wanna know if it is possible to implant false ones? Oh and russia beat us to the fake vacations.

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=692

 

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my friend has this book and says its good.
you know the arnie movie TOTAL RECALL was based on this book too.

 

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Good story, also an excellent movie (Total Recall). Not possible right now. I don't think our understanding of how memories are formed is anywhere near what would be necessary to form artificial memories.

 

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At times we create our own "false memories" just to make up something other than the truth to make our lives a little more abnormal.

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or more normal.

In fact I think the latter is more common.

 

Those are the people that pass lie detector tests with flying colours.