Quote:
Originally Posted by austintorn@aol.com — The Prison —
I can never share a mind directly,
For there is no access; we are alone.
Mind melding works only for the Vulcans.
This loneliness leads us to company. |
We could change this by connecting chips to the brain for example, so we could communicate in a telepathic way (but I don't know if it's already possible).
But would that be good?
I think it could have advantages and disadvantages.
(I think we could already think what the disadvantages could be.)
It is said that a man thinks about sex every 6 seconds. It might just not always be appreciated.
Toequesting without having to say what you think? Just exchanging thoughts?
Leaders of governments exchanging thoughts? Could it trigger a war? At least we now have the luxuary not always have to say what we think. (Knowing what everybody thinks might just not make us feel good or even being shocked; listening to Freud, maybe it could 'heal' us more; but it could be a little too much in one instant; more than we can handle; triggering our wars. If we would somehow activate telepathy, we might better foresee some kind of a switch or filter which recognizes and deletes certain thoughts before we know them).
I think pure telepathy would give us some freedom, but it would also take some freedom. (Question is: which one do we prefer the most; cause I think once you got it, it might have changed you and you might never get back).
I'll also remark that I once played a game controlling a spaceship with my voice; the first thing which happened was selfdestruct (it missunderstood me). (but of course remarking also that I find the technology great and a huge step forward).
I think also more and more virtual worlds will be created. Wouldn't this tell us something about our perceived world?
Also we might be able to create 'Gods' by making very large and fast 'AI'-computers with special gifts which exceed human capabilities. I think of Mozart, Bach, Einstein, ...
Connecting ourselves to chips eventually might let computers or machines control the world; I don't really believe in a giant terminator which will destroy us (although it's possible), but connecting ourselves again and again, more and more, controlling everything (also emotions), might progressively make the idea of human disappear.
God created human; will human create God?
Nowadays, it seems to be possible to control a mouse or a bull with kind of a joystick.
What if we make a net-work of human beings? What will be the server?
It's possible; could the fact that it's possible tell us something about reality?
For example you connect two human beings; one thinks: 'move the leg' and the other moves the leg.
Talk about exorcism.
Wouldn't this connecting of humans be dangerous (even on its own)?
You could also use a secret weapon, controlling lots of humans and their emotions; with the server.
(Also think about the virus).