Amnesia

So, I've been thinking this for a long time just haven't really had the time to refine it, but now it's come to the forefront of my mind. The ultimate test of nature versus nurture: what if you suddenly got full blown amnesia as people know it, called retrograde amnesia, would you still be the same person? I haven't seen too many instances of this in the fictional media. A lot of what we are stems from our memories and our experiences. It shapes our fears, aspirations and how we deal with pain and loss. If you could forget all but the basic information and skills, would you? Obviously it would be extremely hard to test something like this, as bringing on amnesia is as much of a mystery as how you can cure it is. And there is no way to grab two identically genetic people and raise them the same to test. I think of a lot of my problems. Amnesia in some ways could save me. Keep me from remembering. I mean, the bad times far outweigh any good. I suppose I'll have to wait until the find a way to safely induce before attempting to experiment.

Cold, Cold, So Very Cold

I've always agreed with cold weather, especially in my youth. The main reason is not even a physical one. The feeling I get out there, the cold wind upon my cheek, the biting chill at my fingertips, it all.... made me feel alive. It filled me with such life, such activity, such a contentment that is unusually strange. Another is that most people are indoors and animals look for shelter. Insects are all gone. It's just a stillness, no living creatures around. All hiding, all tucked away, all away from me. I truly feel like the street is mine, I, for the only time outside of my "cavern", feel alone in the streets. Not being observed, not being sensed, completely alone.

My favorite time of the year again. I will miss these times. (Also, fuck Christmas)

Christianity Works

I say Christianity because it's the one I'm most familiar with, but we need all religion. I had a thought that we should just kill all the stupid people. Make stupidity illegal, by penalty of death. It would solved a lot of problems, but I now realize we need a unit of measure, for one. We also need the dumb people to do all the menial jobs that people like me don't want to do. See, if they realize they're stupid and their life is pointless, they might kill themselves. We would have mass suicide on a scale the likes we've never seen. But I figured out we need theists, we need them to think there is a higher purpose that they are "getting", that us high and mighty atheists won't get. Hey, I'm just fine with that illusion, dumb people sustain society. They also drag it down, but killing them all isn't the way. Now, stopping the lineage of some, however, is an idea I am not against, but for.