Posted on 03/18/2025 8:31:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For Elon Musk, giving sight to the blind isn't just a first century phenomenon.
The Tesla and X CEO brain implant venture, Neuralink, filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March 3 for "Telepathy," "Telekinesis," and "Blindsight," hinting at a future where human thought could transcend traditional communication and control.
The company, co-founded by Musk in 2016, is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI), a system that decodes neural signals to operate external devices. Musk has touted telepathy as Neuralink’s first product, designed to empower people with paralysis to "control a computer or phone just by thinking."
According to a Jan. 24 post by Musk, the product “enables control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking. Initial users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs. Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer. That is the goal.”
However, the trademark’s description as “an implantable brain to computer interface for facilitating communication and control of software and hardware” suggests broader aspirations, potentially including telepathic exchanges between humans.
Neuralink’s technology involves a brain implant that captures neural activity, paired with software translating those signals into actions like moving a cursor on a screen. The company has made strides in its experimental phase, implanting three individuals as part of an early feasibility study. The first recipient, Noland Arbaugh, underwent surgery in January 2024, and by November, Neuralink secured approval to launch a trial site in Canada.
The trademark filings also include telekinesis for controlling devices like robotic arms and blindsight for restoring sight, reflecting Musk’s expansive vision.
Neuralink’s journey had a rocky start as Musk’s frustration with slow progress led to a 2018 push for human trials. The company faced scrutiny after allegations of animal testing mishaps, with a 2022 Reuters report claiming employee concerns over rushed experiments causing unnecessary suffering. Despite setbacks, Neuralink gained FDA approval in May 2023 for human trials, a milestone Musk celebrated as a step toward treating neurological conditions.
But suppose Musk’s new venture is successful, are Americans ready to have their private thoughts shared with the world?
According to a 2022 survey, 24% of Americans believe in some form of telepathy, part of a broader trend where 87% embrace at least one New Age belief, including reincarnation (27%) and parallel realities (24%).
While supernatural powers like telepathy might sound intriguing, the Christian apologetics site GotQuestions.org offered a biblical take on such abilities.
“Humans cannot use their minds to move or create objects. Those in the spirit realm can. So, every mysterious occurrence must be powered either by God or the enemy.”
If you give women Telekinesis they will constantly be taking the remote control.
What they need is emotional stability.
And since they expect us to read their mind anyway, I guess Telepathy would be nice. Just make sure there is an off button in case they are in telepathic nag mode.
My sense is that if Neuralink enables telepathy, so does a telephone.
Telephathic thoughts:
It’s FINE!
I’m Fine!
There is nothing wrong!
If you don’t know I’m not going to tell you!
Some people have this and some don't. It isn't some kind of weird/magical/whatever thing...it's akin to some people having more sensitive taste buds than others,or on the down side, being color blind.
And speaking for myself, I do NOT want anything planted in my brain!
That’s NOT really how telepathy works.
Exactly... I think the author is taking the name too literally.
There is nothing “mysterious” about technology.
It is pretty practical stuff.
Are you saying even with telepathy we won't know or understand what a woman is thinking?
Some people are born with different abilities, that they don't realize until later, that most others don't have, such as being able to match colors without a swatch, being able to mentally taste foods that they think of, ditto for smells, and actually are telepathic....which is the ability to send and receive messages by thinking them. Sometimes it goes beyond that.
I believe that it is genetic and throwback to abilities that people had normally, an extremely long time ago.
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to lovin’
She brings eyesight to the blind
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Her daddy gave her magic,
I can tell by the way she walks
Every time she start to shakin’
The dumb begin to talk
She’s got the power to heal you, never fear!
She’s got the power to heal you, never fear!
Just a word from her lips
And the deaf begin to hear
Liberal news headlines: Elon Musk hates blind people- he wants to deprive them of their disability checks by restoring their sight
Make that “by giving them inner sight”
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Mental telepathy is the sending and receiving messages through time and space ( you do NOT have to be in the same place at all! ), ergo...if a female is sending you a message, and YOU also have telepathy, you will KNOW what she is THINKING! And yes, some people REALLY do have these abilities!
And sometimes, even when NOT trying to send a message, people with these abilities WILL know what the other person is thing or doing.
“thing” was supposed to be THINKING.
Lets see.....brain to computer interface.....computers linked by wifi......message from computer to different computer.....computer to brain interface....telepathy. Really gonna mess up poker.
Bfl
Nope, DO NOT LIKE.
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