Would you trade a better future for a forgotten past?

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St_Kevin
09/08/2017
07:22 PM
#1
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Basically your future will be better in every way possible by a wide margin but you will forget your entire past. That's all your memories gone.
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wwinterj25
09/08/2017
07:29 PM
#2
No as my memories and experiences make me who I am today. Plus I wouldn't want to forget some memories.
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Pikazard1
09/08/2017
07:47 PM
#3
I would indeed

my current and past memories/experiences are poo, and have too many regrets
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Judgmenl
09/08/2017
07:49 PM
#4
Yes.
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St_Kevin
09/08/2017
08:10 PM
#5
People actually saying yes o.o
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JOExHIGASHI
09/08/2017
08:18 PM
#6
St_Kevin posted...
People actually saying yes o.o


I'm surprised there aren't more people saying yes

The choices are either to have a better life or don't have a better life
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St_Kevin
09/08/2017
08:24 PM
#7
JOExHIGASHI posted...
St_Kevin posted...
People actually saying yes o.o


I'm surprised there aren't more people saying yes

The choices are either to have a better life or don't have a better life


And you would give up every memory for that? O. O
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Lightning Bolt
09/08/2017
08:26 PM
#8
St_Kevin posted...
And you would give up every memory for that? O. O

Yes? By definition it's better.
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Flyingpirate
09/08/2017
09:10 PM
#9
If you give up your memories, you won't know. You won't feel about it, you won't care. Anybody voting no is illogical. Easiest question on the planet. Did you mean to add in some twist?
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Zeus
09/08/2017
10:00 PM
#10
Why would I want to forget my past in the first place?

St_Kevin posted...
Basically your future will be better in every way possible by a wide margin but you will forget your entire past. That's all your memories gone.


Oh, your wording was confusing. You made it sound like you were getting rid of a better future to forget your past.

As for forgetting everything for a better future, I'm not sure that there's enough "better" to offset the suffering of losing your memories. Also, would we still have photos, videos, and other people remembering the stuff? It's just that we can't personally remember anything, right? And can the memories come back? Oh wait, if we forget everything, how the fuck will we remember to do basic human functions like dressing ourselves? How could your life be better in every way if you can't even dress yourself or know anything about food?
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TheCyborgNinja
09/08/2017
10:02 PM
#11
Yeah, because I'm going to live in the future at some point.
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Golden Road
09/08/2017
10:02 PM
#12
Entire past? Like we'd forget how to talk? Forget how to walk? Forget absolutely everything? It's hard to see how my future would be better by forgetting even the most basic life skills =/
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wwinterj25
09/08/2017
10:14 PM
#13
Flyingpirate posted...
Anybody voting no is illogical.


... and anyone voting yes supports memory loss. Interesting.
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SKARDAVNELNATE
09/09/2017
03:09 AM
#14
I'm bitter about my past anyway. Amnesia alone is already an improvement. On top of that I get a future that is guaranteed better than what I'm putting behind me.
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Questionmarktarius
09/09/2017
03:15 AM
#15
St_Kevin posted...
Basically your future will be better in every way possible by a wide margin but you will forget your entire past. That's all your memories gone.

Can't tell if reincarnation or Alzheimer's...
EclairReturns
09/09/2017
03:21 AM
#16
Well, if you don't remember how crappy your past was, then it's not like you'd appreciate how much "better" your future is going to be.

It's going to feel basically the same, I think, with no memories to compare the future to. Also, you'd be a completely different person; you'd essentially just die.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/09/2017
04:37 AM
#17
JOExHIGASHI posted...
The choices are either to have a better life or don't have a better life

But if you currently have a good life and your past was great, then it could still easily be a net negative gain. Not everyone on the board is a tragic emo-kid bemoaning how terrible their life is/used to be.

Then there's also the fact that he in no way said how LONG your awesome future would last, so there's always the possibility that you might be giving up 40 years worth of great memories for a 10-year binge (or less).

There's also the argument that if a person is the sum of their memories, then the "you" that you currently are wouldn't be enjoying that better life anyway, since it would effectively be like "you" were dead and someone else walking around in your body would be having the awesome life.

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JOExHIGASHI
09/09/2017
05:15 AM
#18
ParanoidObsessive posted...
JOExHIGASHI posted...
The choices are either to have a better life or don't have a better life

But if you currently have a good life and your past was great, then it could still easily be a net negative gain. Not everyone on the board is a tragic emo-kid bemoaning how terrible their life is/used to be.

Then there's also the fact that he in no way said how LONG your awesome future would last, so there's always the possibility that you might be giving up 40 years worth of great memories for a 10-year binge (or less).

There's also the argument that if a person is the sum of their memories, then the "you" that you currently are wouldn't be enjoying that better life anyway, since it would effectively be like "you" were dead and someone else walking around in your body would be having the awesome life.


Even with a great past you can't live through it again no matter how good your memory is.

So what if I'm essentially a different person? My life will be better and I'll be experiencing it.

I don't see how they could possibly cancel out. We're not 4 dimensional beings that can see past, present and future all at once. The future and present is what matters most since the past is already done with whether we remember or not.
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Pikazard1
09/09/2017
08:14 AM
#19
I so agree with the above post
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St_Kevin
09/09/2017
08:44 AM
#20
Flyingpirate posted...
If you give up your memories, you won't know. You won't feel about it, you won't care. Anybody voting no is illogical. Easiest question on the planet. Did you mean to add in some twist?


Twist? No, I thought it was pretty transparent
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KJ StErOiDs
09/09/2017
11:42 AM
#21
Living like basically a successful Alzheimer's-stricken person?

No thank you.
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Antbregante
09/09/2017
01:20 PM
#23
I would go for this but I would forget people that were important in my life that are now gone. I would not trade those memories.
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gguirao
09/09/2017
01:38 PM
#24
Gladly!
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SKARDAVNELNATE
09/09/2017
04:16 PM
#25
KJ StErOiDs posted...
Living like basically a successful Alzheimer's-stricken person?

That raises a question. Do you forget your past up to the time you made the trade, or are you effective unable to form new memories because the present is always becoming the past?
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St_Kevin
09/09/2017
06:02 PM
#26
SKARDAVNELNATE posted...
your past up to the time you made the trade, or are you effective unable to form new memories because the present is always becoming the past?


Once the trade is made you keep your new memories and you still have your basic functions like walking and talking .
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_AdjI_
09/09/2017
06:08 PM
#27
Lightning Bolt posted...
St_Kevin posted...
And you would give up every memory for that? O. O

Yes? By definition it's better.


Pretty much. It's going to take a lot of better to make up for having no past memories, but by the parameters of the exchange, the future is going to be better than it would be if I had memories, so that's not going to be a problem.
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