Watched too many sci-fi shows and kinda getting unsettling to think about.

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    Define ‘mind-control’. Trans-cranial magnetic stimulation has been perfectly capable of changing people’s broad moods since 1985 and is being actively used to treat depression right now. The underlying technology is only going to get more precise, especially as more research on spintronics is done for other purposes. Sure, right now our understanding of how what goes on in a given brain translates to ‘thoughts’ is insufficient to change those thoughts in any reliable way, but there’s little doubt that when we do, the technology to make it happen will almost certainly be around.

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      Was gonna say, we have proven that external stimulus can change the brain so yes in a broad sense we can mind control today.

      Given enough time and research I’m confident we could understand how to influence the brain in more complicated ways.

      We still don’t really understand the brain though and it’s perfectly possible that other things can influence it (gut bacteria?) so strictly sending stimulus to the brain might not be enough

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      OP hasn’t even bothered to glance at the decades-long research on direct mind-to-computer control, much less the recent advancement in non-invasive results from such. They’re clearly imagining a very narrow range of specific technology and implying their personal understanding of the entire field defines the term.

      FFS, the written word itself is mind control via technology, but I wouldn’t bet they’re all that familiar with that, either.

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        9 hours ago

        Good point. Imo humans are just biological machines responding to stimulus so any stimulus is going to change the system somehow.

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          To be fair, “change” is different than “control”, with the latter implying intent. Presumably, in this instance, by another mind outside the subject — though I would caution against the assumption that “control implies sentience” as humankind toys with a future wherein control is outsourced, at least in some part, to technology itself. 😶

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        12 hours ago

        Ah yes, the printing press: Likely the most cumulatively subversive memetic infection vector ever conceived.

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          Sorry, are you implying that writing was invented in 1440 AD? 🤦🏼‍♂️

          Also, you’re already conflating your own malformed definitions with the inclusion of “infection” as “control”. Fuck me, are you typing all this out instead of paying attention in highschool?