If suddenly scientists...say in caltech, cuz they are doing experiments in neural modelling...invent a device that connects to your brain, and you can 'see' how others solve problems...say math geniuses solve math problems, rubics geniuses solve the rubics cube...and you instantly 'seeing' HOW really they do it....thus learning instantly... If things like going to the office become only through virtual worlds...where you go to office virtually and then 'wake' up in your home--if you could get food sensations (and just eat a pill) and sex-yeia, and thrill rides....through 'neural injections' ? (there is a study in caltech that explains how a computer sends to the remote 'human' sensor, information of an object...say, a baseball moving in the air...and the person can not only 'feel' the object with touch....but 'sense' its motion...kind of like telepathically 'sensing' the object) How would this have implications for mankind? The economy? Goverment? The life process? reproduction?food?
2007-01-22 17:32:08 · 2 answers · asked by zack u 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There are some sensations that are not instant. One example is eating. When you eat food, you do not want to automatically be full, do you? The reason is, eating solves (temporarly) our oral fixation. With this, I don't think people will just eat a pill and be satisfied (even if a pill like that is invented). Thus, we will still have to go out and buy food, and still sit down and eat.
As for sex, I believe sex is also a sensation that is only satisfied over a certain duration of time.
If we can learn instantly, that could have major impact on humanity. Although, we would still have to wait a long time in our lives to keep all of that information. I doubt our brains could learn everything instantly, that would be like a computer processing every program on it at once (the computer would fry).
Overall, I don't think it will change every-life too too much. However, it will have some impact.
2007-01-22 17:56:35 · answer #1 · answered by mikzilla0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SYNAPSE REWIRING: IS A WAY OF LIFE
ART IS A WAY OF LIFE
WHEN PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTAND: THEY ARE ALREADY
EXPENDABLE
2007-01-23 01:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋