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44. I'm not saying it's not "viable"

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 10:31 AM

Sep 2014

I'm saying that the biochemical and bio-electric processes of the brain related to the chemical interactions that generate "language", let alone recreating that for transmission, still needs more work before declaring "success". There have been recent papers out about how the brain "indexes" memory using variables such as "emotion" that would be added as a "tag" to what would be "saved". I.e., I would expect that had a long descriptive phrase or sentence been "transmitted", there may have been a couple "words" (or "thoughts" or "images&quot that could have passed muster enough to be teased out by the recipient assuming all the "tags" to these "words", "images", "thoughts" were also transmitted. But a single "word" that was apparently "known" in advance, cannot fit that criteria and "prove" that the result was due to their experimental setup.

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Scientists Transmit Thoughts from one Brain to Another [View all] IDemo Sep 2014 OP

I don't want to pronounce this as "woo" BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #1

It's a study conducted by the Harvard Medical School, among others IDemo Sep 2014 #5

It doesn't matter who did it BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #14

Because, who knew that the first word that would be transmitted through the Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #17

The phone was invented before the word "hello" rickford66 Sep 2014 #29

But it might not surprise that the NY Times may have preferred to perpetuate BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #37

The word was Hullo! Neoma Sep 2014 #30

I once spent an inordinate amount of time dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #58

Right! bvf Sep 2014 #25

Earlier studies have already indicated the viability of this IDemo Sep 2014 #32

I'm not saying it's not "viable" BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #44

1876 woo: ashling Sep 2014 #24

this is a bad idea, Imagine advertisers shooting thoughts directly into our brains to by shit Heather MC Sep 2014 #47

This type of thing has already been done in the past via sensory input BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #53

Don't Fox and Limbaugh do that already? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #75

Interesting! Thanks for posting this! I think in the not too far future RKP5637 Sep 2014 #2

Agreed, I think the Batman movie with Jim Carey covered this topic pretty well Heather MC Sep 2014 #48

50,000,000 volunteers* needed for scientific study. You can be at the front line of brain research! BlueJazz Sep 2014 #3

Perfect! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #4

I think you meant 99 Percenters, only IDemo Sep 2014 #6

I hope I am dead before something like this is ever perfected or practiced on a wide scale. livingonearth Sep 2014 #7

Yep, same here. It would be the ultimate tool for suppression and control of the masses to RKP5637 Sep 2014 #9

This was accurately predicted in a 1966 film that was a big hit at the time DFW Sep 2014 #38

Posted that scene on a thread about Chuck Todd saying PBO didn't say 'Syria': freshwest Sep 2014 #85

Technically, I'm doing the same thing now EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #8

yup! Botany Sep 2014 #10

Damn, you should get a research grant! EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #11

I have a phone like the one pictured. PADemD Sep 2014 #23

Mental Telepathy. whathehell Sep 2014 #12

By what mechanism were you able to perform telepathy? EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #13

Telepathy usually works when there is an emotional connection. PADemD Sep 2014 #31

If it's not reproducible, it's not telepathy, it's coincidence EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #34

We can agree to disagree. PADemD Sep 2014 #45

My experience as well. n/t whathehell Sep 2014 #42

My brain, LOL.. whathehell Sep 2014 #46

So tell me about it EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #51

"You may not have to prove it to yourself, but you do have to prove it to me" whathehell Sep 2014 #60

Be very afraid. cbayer Sep 2014 #64

Indeed, LOL whathehell Sep 2014 #68

Oh good lord. Codeine Sep 2014 #20

Yes, dear...Right here on this page whathehell Sep 2014 #40

The science is saying no such thing. Codeine Sep 2014 #55

Oh, excuse me.. whathehell Sep 2014 #61

Don't you love the nay sayers?! proReality Sep 2014 #27

Can you prove it? EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #35

Well said. Unfortunately, a lot of people confuse bvf Sep 2014 #65

Yep, the desire to believe sometimes overwhelms EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #67

Can you "prove" what whathehell Sep 2014 #81

I'm not sure what that even means EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #82

You're "not sure what that even means"? whathehell Sep 2014 #83

Despite your attempts at deflection, my original question still stands EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #84

Despite yours, mine stands as well. whathehell Sep 2014 #87

Your question is silly EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2014 #88

Your answer is silly whathehell Sep 2014 #89

Yep -- I try to tell them, whathehell Sep 2014 #39

Your username is seems quite inappropriate. nt Codeine Sep 2014 #56

Do you have any examples you can share? n/t bvf Sep 2014 #28

I do indeed.. whathehell Sep 2014 #41

Looking forward to reading them. PADemD Sep 2014 #57

Thank you, although I do whathehell Sep 2014 #62

You'll get no argument from me. PADemD Sep 2014 #69

Aww, thanks, bro..I just sent you a post which relayed whathehell Sep 2014 #71

Uh oh whathehell Sep 2014 #70

I will PM my experience, as well. PADemD Sep 2014 #72

Yep...nothing is really "real" until science says it is. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #76

Indeed -- Not even one's own personal experience, it seems, whathehell Sep 2014 #78

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #79

Oh fuck, a beligerant, um, whatever whathehell Sep 2014 #80

Just to attest to the legitimacy of the testing, Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #15

I understand six put up likes on FB. westerebus Sep 2014 #21

Science could reassure us that humans can do this Marthe48 Sep 2014 #16

My wife has been intercepting my thoughts for years Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #18

LOL n/t FourScore Sep 2014 #36

Shit, there goes the vote! nt valerief Sep 2014 #19

Bah ... cosmicone Sep 2014 #22

Walter Bishop still playing. BootinUp Sep 2014 #26

Obviously, their test subject wasn't a Republican ... they are immune to thought transmission. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #33

Its been done already but on a larger scale. I saw a documentary on Channel 4 in the '60s. Hoppy Sep 2014 #43

Many Scientists and Techies are lackeys of the ruling class AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #49

because talking is too much effort. The actual use for this would be paralyzed people or... yurbud Sep 2014 #50

You will be assimilated. Trillo Sep 2014 #52

It's all in your head, cate94 Sep 2014 #54

And Faux has been doing it for Politicalboi Sep 2014 #59

Guess what? Helen Borg Sep 2014 #63

Will just simply gazing into another's eyes still be an option? callous taoboy Sep 2014 #66

They no more transmitteed thoughts... PosterChild Sep 2014 #73

Scientists demonstrate expensive keyboard Android3.14 Sep 2014 #74

One example does not a scientific study make. Kablooie Sep 2014 #77

A choice WovenGems Sep 2014 #86