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Scientists Discover How to 'Upload Knowledge to Your Brain'
Sci-TechUniverse ^ | 9/20/2018

Posted on 09/21/2018 5:00:21 PM PDT by Boomer

Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe. Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter amount of time, comparing it to “life imitating art”.

They believe it could be the first steps in developing advanced software that will make Matrix-style instant learning a reality. In the neo-noir sci-fi classic, protagonist Neo is able to learn kung fu in seconds after the martial art is ‘uploaded’ straight to his brain.

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Could this finally be a way to cure leftism? Re-educate the damaged mind to think normally?
1 posted on 09/21/2018 5:00:21 PM PDT by Boomer
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2 posted on 09/21/2018 5:00:39 PM PDT by Boomer
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Maybe you can upload knowledge, but wisdom is a different thing entirely.


3 posted on 09/21/2018 5:01:55 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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Given the political slant of our tech companies I suspect it’ll be used to turn people into compliant little socialist drones.


4 posted on 09/21/2018 5:02:09 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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My Uncle reads the Newspaper by sitting on it


5 posted on 09/21/2018 5:02:38 PM PDT by butlerweave
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I’ve got a bad feeling about this.....


6 posted on 09/21/2018 5:03:46 PM PDT by PTBAA
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Yeah; I thought of that too. Could easily be a double edged sword. They could do it subliminally along with some other thing the person is downloading.

The quick easy way sounds too good to be true; probably because it is. I think I’ll stick with downloading the old fashioned way - by reading.


7 posted on 09/21/2018 5:04:51 PM PDT by Boomer
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learn-by-osmosis
8 posted on 09/21/2018 5:06:38 PM PDT by Zeneta
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Do you know what this means???


9 posted on 09/21/2018 5:06:53 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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Interesting. If this is further developed, we’ll need to know A. How long the learned data stays accessible to the subject?
B. Is there muscle memory along with intellectual knowledge?

C. What if you do not agree with the data you’ve been given, can this new data be overridden or removed at the choosing of the subject?

D. How easy will it be for such data uploads to be hacked, and substituted with misinformation?
Time will tell, if this experiment becomes truly viable.


10 posted on 09/21/2018 5:09:18 PM PDT by lee martell (AT)
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Scientists Discover How to 'Upload Knowledge to Your Brain'

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Read a good book.

11 posted on 09/21/2018 5:09:25 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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Memories don’t control “how” a person thinks. I don’t think this can be used to “reprogram” people, but who knows? And there will always be hackers creating viruses....


12 posted on 09/21/2018 5:09:44 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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On a serious note, has any used Spritz?

It’s been available for a while and it really looks very cool.

http://spritzinc.com/

It’s basically an electronic speed reading program.

What I know about speed reading is that the technique increases focus and greatly improves comprehension, nevermind that you can rip through hundreds of pages in no time.


13 posted on 09/21/2018 5:13:40 PM PDT by Zeneta
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“Maybe you can upload knowledge, but wisdom is a different thing entirely.”

Totally agree with you.

I’ve been studying memory for 30 years and have studied and worked with top neuroscientists specializing on this subject.

I asked Eric Kandell, the scientist at Columbia University who received the Nobel Prize for his research on the biochemistry of memory storage “Where are stored memories located?” And he replied “in the synapses of the brain.”

Your stored memories are no more located in the brain than the music you hear from a radio is stored in the radio.

This research article is merely about increasing focus or attention, a function of the thalamus that does the input priority sort.


14 posted on 09/21/2018 5:14:24 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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I’ll ask Johnny Mnemonic about this.


15 posted on 09/21/2018 5:16:32 PM PDT by BipolarBob (My computer can beat me at chess but I can beat it at kickboxing.)
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I don’t know, the skull of the average leftist is a foot thick and made up of solid granite, how do you get through that?


16 posted on 09/21/2018 5:18:20 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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They’ll use it to upload fake news.


17 posted on 09/21/2018 5:24:36 PM PDT by Phillyred
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Microwaves to get at that scrambled egg inside?


18 posted on 09/21/2018 5:26:02 PM PDT by Boomer
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Death of the leftist college campus.

The beginning of actual socialist programming.

19 posted on 09/21/2018 5:26:17 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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....Either cure it or burn it to your Brain! The possibility of learning with the ease of the matrix movie is exciting but has to have some serious dangers.


20 posted on 09/21/2018 5:27:25 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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