IF MEMORY SERVES ME WELL: The following is mind boggling in a highly mind-boggling manner. There are some scientists who have, possibly inexplicably, managed to remove the memories from one sea snail to transfer them into the memory banks of another equal and opposite sea snail. In the long mind-bending run, this could be a profoundly memorable scientific breakthrough, one that could end with us someday merrily taking on a brainful of utterly unfamiliar memories – you know, just for kicks.
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