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**mralabama** · 01-30-2012, 02:04 PM

To do that, they'd probably have to wipe out your entire brain, effectively making you no longer worth buying out. It's not just a cognitive process, but also all the memories associated to your existence. For example, what would it take to sell out your family? Even if you were to take cash and sell out, all the memories associated would haunt you after the fact....is it worth all the money in the world then? For most people, it would be no.

Another way to think of it would be would any amount of alcohol cause you to cheat on your spouse? For most people, they would black out first, thereby making sex not worth it.

While I agree with what you've said and your examples, I have to ask you something. What makes you think the person or group trying to get you to sell out cares what happens to you once you do? If you've got info they want, your well being could be irrelevant after that info is extracted.

Edit: If they can temporarily disable or rewire your moral center to extract info you would normally not give or commit an act you would normally not, they've got their control mechanism.

01-30-2012, 02:04 PM	#5
mralabama Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 452 Senior Member	To do that, they'd probably have to wipe out your entire brain, effectively making you no longer worth buying out. It's not just a cognitive process, but also all the memories associated to your existence. For example, what would it take to sell out your family? Even if you were to take cash and sell out, all the memories associated would haunt you after the fact....is it worth all the money in the world then? For most people, it would be no. Another way to think of it would be would any amount of alcohol cause you to cheat on your spouse? For most people, they would black out first, thereby making sex not worth it. While I agree with what you've said and your examples, I have to ask you something. What makes you think the person or group trying to get you to sell out cares what happens to you once you do? If you've got info they want, your well being could be irrelevant after that info is extracted. Edit: If they can temporarily disable or rewire your moral center to extract info you would normally not give or commit an act you would normally not, they've got their control mechanism.
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