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FlaGranny

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8. Nothing much would ever

Reply to longship (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 08:09 AM

Feb 2014

have been accomplished without first being imagined, so I'm going to disagree with you. Straying outside the known bounds is what brings about innovation and invention. Since our brains utilize electrical pathways, enhancing these signals, in some way, could be possible. Enhancing electrical signals to levitate an object or reach the mind of another - not all "woo."

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About Mind Reading interview with Michio Kaku on Fox News [View all] ErikJ Feb 2014 OP

Michio Cuckoo. longship Feb 2014 #1

Disagree AngryDem001 Feb 2014 #2

It seems to be based on the palpable, the tangible, the biological to me aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #4

I only caught a little bit of his radio show "Fantastic Science" a few months back and... ErikJ Feb 2014 #6

That's the problem, my friend. longship Feb 2014 #7

Nothing much would ever FlaGranny Feb 2014 #8

The bounds of science do not include telekinesis and telepathy. nt longship Feb 2014 #11

How do you know shebornik Feb 2014 #12

No prior plausibility, and those arguing for it make statements which are falsified. longship Feb 2014 #13

The U.S. Department of Defense is currently funding such research aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #14

I am aware of that type of research. longship Feb 2014 #15

Well of course that's not what my post was about aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #16

Well, that's fine then. longship Feb 2014 #17

Yes, that is FlaGranny Mar 2014 #18

"He also incessantly self promotes his "co-invention" of string field theory; greiner3 Feb 2014 #9

Thank you for taking the time to defend Dr. Kaku. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #10

"thinking... that's very hard to fake"... FoxNews is the prime example of his quote tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #3

Hopefully a lie detector machine like this would ErikJ Feb 2014 #5