Mind-Reading Technology Development


	Mind-Reading Technology Development

abailart

11-15-2007 3:04 AM

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mind-reading, cognitive technology

abailart says:

Primitive, but intriguing. Maybe if we survive 2012 we will just plug our brains into the computer and bypass the keyboard. I have suspected for some time that some clippers are ghostly autopoetic entities emerging from the mesh of internet complexity.

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11-15-2007 3:25 AM

wildcat

we are all Maturana emergent entities then..

11-15-2007 2:41 PM

neochonetes

If we do survive 2012, we won't have to worry about the next apocalyptic prophecy until 2061, and that should give us plenty of time to get this mind over matter thing resolved;D

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