<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/apparently-scie.html">Sleeping Around: Eternal Sunshine?</a>
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Apparently, scientists may soon be able to erase fear and trauma from patients' minds. The technology is meant to help people cure phobias such as a fear of spiders, but my mind immediately turned to wiping out of the pain of failed relationships, 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'-style.
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