And I thinkwe'veallwonderedjustwhenwe'llbeabletoEternalSunshineallthenastystuffoutofourmemories — youknow, visit a doctor, pop a pill, andpoof, whatevertraumaticstuffismessingwithyou, isjustgone.
A newstudypublishedbyMITsaysitallliesin a genecalledTet1, whichcontrolstheexpressionofothergenesinyourhippocampusandcortex — twobitsofyourbrainthatareimportanttolearningandmemory.
TheMITresearchersbelieveitcouldleadtonewtreatmentsforthingslikeaddictionandPTSD, andmaybeonedaytrickledowninto a pillthathelpstakethestingoutofsomeoftheothertraumaticlifeeventsthatarehardtogetover.
I mean, imagine a futurewherewehavetheabilitytodecidehowimportanteveryeventinourlifeisandjustditchtheonesthatwedon't thinkarerelevant, I feellikethat's kindof a recipefor a societyfullofover-confidentdummies.