Do you fear the day science learns to "hack" the human brain?

Question

I believe it's only a matter of time before scientists learn how to read the mind they way a computer reads data. It's really just a matter of figuring out the interface and how to decode the signals. In fact, I think it's very likely a day will come when scientists could literally upload and download information to the brain. Obviously this would create an unknown variety of possibilities - some very scary while others are more exciting.

Do you fear the day when this becomes reality?

Answer 1

Great development are occurring in neuroscience. For example, not long ago researchers placed 177 electrodes in the visual part of a cat's brain. Ran the electrodes out to a supercomputer. The supercomputer ran analysis designed to decode these neural signals. Once decoded, the supercomputer converted that information into a video format. Scientists were able to view on a video monitor exactly what the cat was seeing with its eyes. One scientists commented: it was just like being inside the cat's head and looking out of its eyes. Other developments along these lines are implants designed to stimulate or trigger certain brain functions. Whole brain prostheses for the hippocampus has been developed for the first time, and it worked as expected. As for reading one's thoughts, and more, it is not likely to be done by conventional means. Don't kid yourself, however, It is being done. The technology involved is indeed, highly classified, but likely to operate around some very, very advanced physics that you will not find in a typical university physics textbook, at any level. In my opinion, it involves advanced physics on the order of entangled particles and quantum holographs. Stuff that involves manipulating energy and forces in the 4th physical dimension.

Do I fear this? We all sure fear the lost of not only personal rights and freedoms, but the rights to our own private thoughts. Yes indeed, there is cause for concern.

Answer 2

It will not happen.
It is a myth that brain waves, such as they are, are readable in anything but semi-quantitative terms, that is, they are there, or they're not. What you consider thoughts are actually different nerve cells interacting in a chemical and electrical way. In order for scientists to read our thoughts, they would have to tap into every nerve ending, and read it individually, while knowing what each individual nerve ending does, in relation to all other nerves in the brain. What scientists can do now is see which parts of our brains are active, and surmise that we use that part when we are afraid, angry, happy etc, which part is active during drawing, writing, pleasure etc. These are all general moods and activities. Nothing more specific. Experiments with rats have shown that these centres can be electrically stimulated, but not controlled, per se. For instance a rat had his pleasure centre wired up, then had the choice of pushing a button to stimulate it, or drink, but not both. The rat decided to push the button until it (happily) collapsed from dehydration. But this is, again, general stuff.
Not mind control.

Answer 3

Freud did it before. And before him there has been propoganda and brainwashing for many millenia.

Answer 4

It's called brainwashing, hypnotism, subliminal suggestion or religion depending on how it's done.

Answer 5

hypnosis is already a fact. i don't fear it.

Answer 6

we will be dead by then so no

Answer 7

i really dont care...

Answer 8

look i dunno and i dont care

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