May 06, 2004

Techlepathize! scary extropian agendas aside, is this the path forwards to the good teilhard's noosphere? this guy and this guy seem to think so, according to the end of this book. in any event, the clock is ticking...
posted by sykoze 20 years ago
  • Some basic principles seem to be missing from their ideas. What sort of energy will be broadcasting, and what makes them think a human brain can either broadcast or receive this energy? We already know where this sort of thing is leading, and I sai, bring on the Headzapoppin' action!
  • Blimey, you don't stint on content, do you, sykoze? Very interesting - to pick up on one of the many points here, wiring direct into the brain is potentially very useful for disabled people, but I honestly doubt whether it's much use to the rest of us. Far better to use the input/output devices which come with the brain - eyes, hands, etc. I think some people suppose that being wired up like this will allow you to share other people's sensations and emotions, but if they're in your head, they're your sensations and emotions. Getting a jolt of adrenaline because of a radio signal from someone else's brain is certainly no more of an empathic experience (probably much less) than the natural sympathetic reaction to seeing another person smile. Writing's a pretty empathic thing too - I bet you're experiencing a faint echo of my own feeling of conviction and self-satisfaction even now... or maybe not.
  • Good post. As any competent telepath knows (you skeptics in the back- quiet!) information is not only verbal: our minds use images, sounds, smells, and a whole event/memory delivered in a chunk. Until we get Brainstorm technology, Jorgensen's device, cool as it is, will be inadequate for the author's goals.
  • And, post-preview, what Plegmund said...
  • zzt! zzzzt! zzzzttt! /zztop
  • SQUEAK!
  • I would happily have a wire into my head, if it meant I could download myself into Bender... or a monkey.