Laz, IIRC you just posted a thread recently related to this topic?
What was once sci-fi, is becoming sci-fact.
Well DUH (to the article)..this might explain why voters chose Odumbo two times. They forgot to mention it only works on dimwit LIVs though.
Hitch lobotomy.
Obviously, This has all ready been used on 99% of the politicians in this country...
The soul and conscience are made up of sacred material.
The desire to be naturally free remains despite a marxist windbag opening his or her mouth spouting magnetic buzz words.
What if the same treatment was used on those who don’t believe in God and believe in open immigration?
So they basically damage your brain so you are less likely to believe in God? If anything, I wish I had MORE faith—not less.
Sure. Fry your brain with Electromagnetic radiation, and you'll be so stupid that you will think like a liberal.
Why is this a story again?
Source abstract article:
Neuromodulation of group prejudice and religious belief
Authors
Colin Holbrook1,
Keise Izuma2,
Choi Deblieck3,
Daniel M. T. Fessler1 and
Marco Iacoboni4
1 Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA,
2 Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK,
3 Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA and
4 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095,
Accepted August 31, 2015.
Abstract
People cleave to ideological convictions with greater intensity in the aftermath of threat. The posterior medial frontal cortex (pMFC) plays a key role in both detecting discrepancies between desired and current conditions and adjusting subsequent behavior to resolve such conflicts. Building on prior literature examining the role of the pMFC in shifts in relatively low-level decision processes, we demonstrate that the pMFC mediates adjustments in adherence to political and religious ideologies. We presented participants with a reminder of death and a critique of their in-group ostensibly written by a member of an out-group, then experimentally decreased both avowed belief in God and out-group derogation by downregulating pMFC activity via transcranial magnetic stimulation. The results provide the first evidence that group prejudice and religious belief are susceptible to targeted neuromodulation, and point to a shared cognitive mechanism underlying concrete and abstract decision processes. We discuss the implications of these findings for further research characterizing the cognitive and affective mechanisms at play.
Key words
ethnocentrism religiosity transcranial magnetic stimulation posterior medial frontal cortex
Why waste the time using magnets?
The MSM is already doing this as we speak.
It changes your mind, huh? Wow, a new tool for elections, buying habits, juries, etc. The new wonder method for Madison Avenue.
You will notice that they claim that magnets can make Christians stop believing in God, but will they experiment using Magnets to stop Muslims from believing in Allah? I think not.
Somehow I think these “Scientists” are just Anti-Christian zealots. They want Christians to go away but they welcome Muslims with open arms. Maybe the magnets just make scientists stupid.
“Dr Izuma said: “We decided to remind people of death because previous research has shown that people turn to religion for comfort in the face of death.”
He says that like it’s a bad thing.
I am sure lobotomies were considered 'safe' in their day also.
I am not exactly sure of the purpose of this study. You fry a portion of someone's brain (excuse, 'safely fry a portion of someone's brain') and then you find he thinks differently afterwards?
Possible uses in medicine to correct some mental illness. Huge potential for miss use by government. This prompts an interesting set of questions:
Can this be used to implant learning? For example, could this be used to assist in the learning of language, math, science?
Also, can this be used to reverse one’s beliefs? The article talks about shutting off areas of the brain and thus “removing” the belief in God. Could this then be reversed? And if it can be reversed, could it be used to change a liberal anti-god into a God loving Christian?
Since most of sex is in the brain, could this be used as a treatment for homosexuality and transgender? How about treating pedophiles or other sexual deviants / addictions?
Can it be used to turn off or reduce a soldier’s sense of fear making him/her braver?
How about chronic pain management?
This seems like a Pandora’s box to me.
Looks like it’s time for the tin foil hats for real!