-PJ
Posted on 09/01/2020 6:55:30 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Oh yeah, we have seen this one coming for many years.
/The Late Great Planet Earth of the 1970’s and 80’s
Probably not. The concept of mind control has fascinated human beings for a thousand years. Neuroscience is still in its infancy. While we can pick up brain activity and provide limited interpretation of it (for things like Musk’s implant or controlling advanced prosthetics), making changes to brain activity is not something we can do with any real precision. We can flood the brain with neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin to alter mood or feelings, but that’s pretty much the extent.
Perhaps at some point in the future we’ll have the level of understanding necessary to direct a human brain to “walk 5 feet forward and pick up that coffee mug”, but that’s decades away at the earliest. Something more advanced (like the MKUltra CIA mind control program) is probably a century or more away from being possible.
My concern with any sort of brain implant is more related to things like infections, immune system rejection, malfunctions causing damage, or damage caused during implantation or removal. Those are far more realistic risks associated with it.
Agreed! I’ve seen some advanced prosthetic devices that can respond to interpreted brain signals before, but they’ve always been extremely bulky and expensive. If we can make the technology affordable and user friendly, there’s a lot of people who can really be helped by this and a lot of them are veterans.
Unbridled fun during an EMP or any high energy electromagnetic or electrostatic field.
I want to be the first one on my block to get one. Where do I sign up?
Anyone ever see the 1953 movie ‘Invaders From Mars’? They chipped people too!
It might or it would be used as a bridge to cross over ethical lines. Prop up something that it's helped so people focus in on that while they do something nefarious in the back ground.
-PJ
you are right. This could help the paralyzed people live fuller lives.
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