Logic/Philosophy Day 2

[ANewFace]

Day 2: Can one's past be forgotten? Can others forget the terrible things one has done in the past, and forgive them? Can someone start over with a new slate?

[Wauthar]

Wow, that's deep...

 

Forget, no. Forgive, yes. I think is surely is possible, and it is happening all over the place.

[ved]

A couple hits to the head yeah then yeah, they forget. 

[Volbet]

Hmm, is the question basically: "Can the past cease to exist"?

Becuase a person can easily forget their past. This can be achieved through a varity of methodes, including drug use or head trauma.

In that sense, yes, a person can forget their past.

 

But in a more general sense, no the past can't cease to exist. Eventhough a person forgets what they have done, it won't change that fact that they have done it.

The effect the person had on reality is still real eventhough the person doesn't remember. 

 

Forgiving a person doesn't change the past either. Whatever was done was still done.

And for that reason, I have never really been a fan of forgiveness in the traditional sense. 

I don't think anything a person has done can be forgotten by the general population, but it can be overlooked.

Whatever you do, be it big or small, good or bad, will inevitably become part of your character.

[Misanthrope]

No. One can overlook someone's past but no matter how terrible those decisions were, I believe they are fundamentally part of who they are as a person. 

[Dimi3os]

Day 2: Can one's past be forgotten? Can others forget the terrible things one has done in the past, and forgive them? Can someone start over with a new slate?

You should watch "Arrow".

[Bsmith]

completely forgotten no, unless that person gets a new identity and name along with diffrent looks(unless nobody knew how he looked like)

 

while having the same looks/name, no you can't.

Humans aren't capable of forgetting bad things attached to a certain name/identity.

example:

Hitler, everybody still hates him for what he did, so bad that people sterotype germans as nazis, despite hitler being austrian.

This is while knowing half the story, hitler infact had great ideas(i dont agree with him!) but the way he went to develop them and how he acted are truelly wrong(holocaust and ww2 as example) while also doing good stuff, he laid a base for german infrastructure and gave a porsche designer/engineer the task to develop Volkswagen, a car for the people, but that got delayed due to world war 2.

modern size of volkswagen group:

audi

• lamborghini
• ducati
• bugatti

skoda

seat

Bently

Prosche

Scania

MAN

 

so yeah, hitler did bad stuff, but he initiation was good at heart, it just wasnt carried out the right way(because hitler wasnt german, pun intended)

 

 

So no, I don't think that people are able to forget what someone did without altering the person's looks and/or name as in the example above.

But it is a fact that meanwhile the whole world hates him, without him the car indusrty wouldnt be what it is in the EU mostly.

[Delusional Phil]

Day 2: Can one's past be forgotten? Can others forget the terrible things one has done in the past, and forgive them? Can someone start over with a new slate?

Not anymore at the rate we are going . 

 

Yes there are ways to block bad memories , but I think their subconcious isn't affected so they express less violent when seeing the person who inflicted that bad memories . The Experiments are still in trial though . 

 

It's possible but thatt would require hugh amount of resources . You need hackers , assassins , professional thieves and surgeons to give you a full new life .