Good to hear from you
I have had a friend heavily into hypnosis. He would try to hypnotize us, back in the college days. I am not sure what I learned, but he wasn't necessarily going for perfect memory. I would have no problem with scientists doing a controlled experiment on this. In fact, I encourage experiments in things I don't accept. For example, the TV series West Wing once discussed the idea of a grant to study if prayer helps sick people. The administration on the show opposed it. I frankly doubt in a double-blind experiment we would see anything, but I actually would favor funding of such.
So I'd be all for funding for hypnosis.
I do tend to demand some proof, any proof. An example would be meditation. I never saw much need at it, but there are studies showing that it may help. So I've started reading the studies, and books on how to meditate. One should follow the science.
While you could get me to agree that we are over medicated, at current I am skeptical there are better options. But if you ever see a study, please come here and post it. I'm always interested in such.
Maybe I didn't ask you, maybe I just assumed you were. I thought I did.
Take care.
