What you looking at is a curry soup base with ramen noodles and sliced pork belly. On the left side, there is anchovies and sambal sauce which is being covered by the bigger bowl. On the right is a taro sago with coconut ice cream. This has a little to do with what I'm talking about today. Today, I want to discuss what I would do if I was given a choice of taking a drug that removes feeling fear at the cost of losing my memory of the last ten years. For this decision, I have to look at both sides and see which has better pros and cons.
If I was to lose the feeling of fear, it could be a good thing. I wouldn't be scared of those creepy bugs anymore. I would also have more confidence in myself since I wouldn't worry about doing something wrong etc. I would also be able to try every food in the world especially those that I probably wouldn't have tried to begin with like a scorpion. On the downside though, feeling fear can make me lose a way to protect myself. For example, I'm someone that doesn't want to get lung cancer or have those smoker's lungs so I never had cigarettes before. If I lost that fear, maybe I would try it since I wouldn't be scared of getting bad lungs.
As for memories though, I think they are priceless. Losing the last 10 years of memories, would be detrimental. Even though not all my memories are good, I feel that they played a part in shaping who I am today. If I was to lose that, I would be also losing a part of myself. Maybe there are cases where people would go for losing their memories because it was just a horrible experience. The person could've been tortured or went through something traumatic; then I could see someone taking this drug and even I probably might.
Based on my what I've said, I believe my stance is clear that I would choose not to take the drug for losing the feeling of fear as my memories of the last ten years are more important to me. Not only that but losing the feeling of fear could be a double whammy.
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