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A team of international researchers has developed a way to look inside people's brains and read their intentions before they even act.

The method was 70 per cent accurate at decoding the intentions of participants from patterns of their brain activity monitored through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), according to a study.

This type of technology can open alot of doors. Many of them very bad.

Makes you wonder what else is out there and under wraps.

Your computer knows you want to click on the link. (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/02/09/scan-intention.html)

its just for simple adding and subtracting though, it will be waaaaaaay way off before they can simply know what youre thinking without a pre defined context, like are you going to add or subtract.

Interesting. I think this could have significant uses in the development of mind-machine interfaces and direct mental control of prosthetics and implants. Further refinement of this technology would improve its reliability and expand function, making it possible to map multiple brain functions at the same time.

It's always good to hear of another step towards total mapping and simulation of the brain, and another step towards the realization of mind uploading. Full speed ahead in this remarkable field.

nothin new, derren brown's been able to predict much more complicated stuff, plus it's easy to twist the machine, like think of subtracting but actually add

thoughts are but the shallow result of our deep selves i tell thee!! thats why thoughts appear in the form of one or more of our 5 senses! it's the only way we can know what our deep selves have chosen!

thoughts are but the shallow result of our deep selves i tell thee!! thats why thoughts appear in the form of one or more of our 5 senses!

Emergence. The mind is an emergent property of the brain, and possibly functions according to quantum properties.

Not to mention it'll help law enforcement officials...

Goes to show how little we do actually know about the brain (and that’s the parts we use:eek:)

Interesting. I think this could have significant uses in the development of mind-machine interfaces and direct mental control of prosthetics and implants. Further refinement of this technology would improve its reliability and expand function, making it possible to map multiple brain functions at the same time.

It's always good to hear of another step towards total mapping and simulation of the brain, and another step towards the realization of mind uploading. Full speed ahead in this remarkable field.


At first, I thought of the same things. This could open whole new vistas for many people. And the possibilities for exploration of adverse environments. And the list goes on.

Unfortunately, some of the things on the list are eeeeeeevil.

This type of technology can open alot of doors. Many of them very bad.

Makes you wonder what else is out there and under wraps.

Your computer knows you want to click on the link. (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/02/09/scan-intention.html)

It's been tested on me, but it apparently doesn't work on me. Every time they check, it says I'm planning to masturbate.


*slips hand into pants*

Emergence. The mind is an emergent property of the brain, and possibly functions according to quantum properties.

the whole human body is a result of our own deepself and other peoples deepselves actions, similiar to emergent but not from quantum properties, quantums themselves are emergent from our deepselves

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THIS?:


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Unfortunately, some of the things on the list are eeeeeeevil.

Every new technology requires us to examine its potential for wrongdoing and act accordingly. Regulation of this technology will be useful and necessary when it emerges in to the private sector.

the whole human body is a result of our own deepself and other peoples deepselves actions, similiar to emergent but not from quantum properties, quantums themselves are emergent from our deepselves

That's a possibility, and a rather interesting one at that. Personally, I feel that so-called paranormal phenomena are really products of presently unknown physical properties.

That's a possibility, and a rather interesting one at that. Personally, I feel that so-called paranormal phenomena are really products of presently unknown physical properties.

well i've always seen it as the other way round, infact the physical world is a bit of paranormal phenomena if you look at it from the right angle

well i've always seen it as the other way round, infact the physical world is a bit of paranormal phenomena if you look at it from the right angle

I think we're really arguing two sides of the same coin. We both share a monistic view of the universe.

This type of technology can open alot of doors. Many of them very bad.

Makes you wonder what else is out there and under wraps.

Your computer knows you want to click on the link. (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/02/09/scan-intention.html)

One step closer to direct neural interfaces.

I think we're really arguing two sides of the same coin. We both share a monistic view of the universe.

yeah - I'm of the belief that it's all one system as well.

I think we're really arguing two sides of the same coin. We both share a monistic view of the universe.

good point, if there is a seperate area of existence like dualists claim, either we will find it through study (although then it might as well be part of the universe) or it has no relation to the universe and we won't be able to find it through any means as far as i'm concerned, so no need to think it exists or to try finding it

Absolutely nothing special about this. My wife can do the same thing.

They'd be scared if that scanned my brain. Very scared.

good point, if there is a seperate area of existence like dualists claim, either we will find it through study (although then it might as well be part of the universe) or it has no relation to the universe and we won't be able to find it through any means as far as i'm concerned, so no need to think it exists or to try finding it

Personally, I feel dualism was an explanation for events that do exist, but that we couldn't explain using what we knew at the time. I honestly believe things like psychic phenomena and life after death do exist, but they are simply misunderstood or unknown physical properties of the universe rather than transcendent spirit.

Personally, I feel dualism was an explanation for events that do exist, but that we couldn't explain using what we knew at the time. I honestly believe things like psychic phenomena and life after death do exist, but they are simply misunderstood or unknown physical properties of the universe rather than transcendent spirit.

yes i agree thats what the origianl dualism was about, but more modern dualistic views, like the infinite dimensions one where each dimension has entirely different laws (patterns), and i think some claim that this world has no relation and can i no way affect the other "world" so there is no way to ever prove there theory wrong, plus i believe there is a high probability of another "world" just not of one thats affects our existence in any visible way

And I thought I still had freedom of thought...

And I thought I still had freedom of thought...

Well, you still have freedom of thought...just that they can now read your intentions as well as actions.

This genuinely revulses me.I object to media and state intrusion into my affairs at present. However, I always felt that my head was a sanctum of sorts. Apparently it's not.....

Well, you still have freedom of thought...just that they can now read your intentions as well as actions.

Hence the technology precludes freedom of thought....:rolleyes:

Hence the technology precludes freedom of thought....:rolleyes:

It only precludes freedom of thought if they use it to control your thoughts.

It only precludes freedom of thought if they use it to control your thoughts.

Or, if one is prosecuted for ones thoughts, or they are used for pre-emptive actions to preclude crime.

Let's see...you're thinking...wow, that's a violent thing to do to this machine.

Or, if one is prosecuted for ones thoughts, or they are used for pre-emptive actions to preclude crime.

Effectively, any use of thoughts to restrict the rights of an individual for whatever reason.