As early as the beginning of the 1990’s, the scientists had begun to deeply research the human cerebrum and wondered whether or not the memory could be transplanted.

Nowadays, the scientists had understood some principles of the workings of memory. They also tried to transplant a monkey’s brain, because the physiological structure of its cerebrum is most similar to human beings.

In the future, transplanting the human memory might become possible. This science technique models many excellent benefits; therefore, transplanting the memory will become broad in scale. Although there are some disadvantages, they might be covered up by people’s desires of transplanting the memory.

Anyway, some people will gradually feel out something wrong after they are transplanted the memories. Then, more and more people will start to consider carefully if transplanting the memory is right. In my opinion, a large-scale transplanting the memory has nothing to recommend. There are three reasons at least.

Firstly, after all, the human cerebrums memorizing are different from the computers saving the data. The major reason is that the humans remember everything with their own emotions; in contract, the computer can only save the data mechanically. These kinds of feelings are the people’s precious property. In addition, for transplanting the memory, not only you will share their happiness and exciting, but also will suffer their annoyances, fears, depressing, and pains.

Secondly, even the stereotyped formulas also come into memory with their own emotions. From elementary school to university, a huge number of the formulas, fundamental theorems, and the experiences of solving questions could be transplanted to the students’ brains in just a couple of days. It would save a lot of time and energy. Nevertheless, I can’t accept the profits of this technique. The reason is same. When people memorized the formulas, they also memorize their feelings. For example, one of the most famous functions: E=mc^2. When Einstein worked it out, he said it was very beautiful. I think none of the teachers can agree to transplant the knowledge to their students mechanically so that the students will miss the aesthetic feelings from understanding the knowledge.

Lastly, causing of language, human has the memory. Causing of memory, human has the thinking. Different people have varied ways to thinking. To learn a poem by heart, someone may remember the poem by rote; on the other hand, someone may imagine the scene that the poem described when he or she is remembering, and may try to experience the author’s feelings. A large-scale transplanting the same memory will make a mass of the alike and inflexible brains. The model of thinking would be limited; as a result, people will lose the creativities. The memory shows everyone’s personality and characteristic, so it can’t be changed.

In the future, if memory could be transplanted. I suggest using this technique in just a small-scale in the research of human cerebrum and some science areas, which the knowledge need be highly accumulated.

August 2002