The brain-extraction-injection thing really was really … 🤢 🤮 eww! Please tell me you’re not building a Frankenmouse …

Ethical and research standards have changed a lot since then you know …   😀😀                                                                           

Good! I wanted to ask you some questions about “Captain Cyborg”, Kevin Warwick

He implanted a “BrainGate” neural interface to control a prosthetic over the net, and with sensory feedback

But then he also linked it to another human, his wife …

… and then of course he claimed this would also enable some kind of transfer of memories, right?            

Right. So how about that? Wouldn’t that work if both have a full implant?

Probably not, there is a significant difference between a sensation and a memory of a sensation  🤨

remembering the taste of something isn’t the same as actually tasting it, or we’d never spend another penny on chocolate

Ok, yeah, I get that  🤯🤯🤯

Stimulateing someone’s nervous system over the internet using someone else’s sensation as input is not the same as storing and accessing memories or giving them a new memory

aaand you’re going to bring up mind control again now …  😆😆    

Well, yes, kinda. You told me it was not possible, but Warwick’s article suggested it was

OK then. Have you heard about remotely controlled cockroaches?

WHAT  😲😲😲😲

It’s true: there’s even kits to build your own!                                       

…………. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Substituting an artificial stimulus for a natural one is, yes, in a sense a very limited form of “mind control”, but!

but even with cockroaches, the best we can do is make them go left or right for a few minutes 😅

You mean it is still all too primitive?

That’s also exactly what Warwick concluded: extremely primitive. The “telepathy” etc. he suggests is still pure science-fiction

OK, many thanks! This has been both horrifying and instructive, what with the rats and the roaches

Glad I could be of help!  😊😊😊😊