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'Brain Pacemakers' Being Tested
meshmar writes "Shades of 'The Terminal Man'? Rob Stein of The Washington Post has reported, via MSNBC, that: 'A handful of scientists around the world have begun cautiously experimenting with devices implanted in patients' bodies to deliver precisely targeted electrical stimulation to the brain in hopes of treating otherwise hopeless behavioral, neurological and psychiatric disorders.' A lot of good can come out of this - potentially. But I can see a the potential for misuse too."
This kitten sure doesn't look happy
but hey, if it can get all these people off prozac and bring my heath insurance price down I'm all for hooking the kittens up to serial ports or whatever to experement.
(yeah, I know that doesn't have the right pins to be a serial port..geek!)
The possiblities are astounding! Buy a Microsoft product, get an orgasm!
Correlate the above with reasoning behind developed nations policy on illegal drugs.
Consider.
"My boss actually developed the Epileptic Stimulator pretty much all by himself back in the late 80's[. .
Think about it. This is not Star Trek way-off technology. I know, but I won't say how.
Believe me. Nothing the media tells you is new is actually new. We have ray-guns and teleporters, people. We have had them for some 'time'. Lift the curtain once in a while if you are interested in knowing what's really going on in the world. Be prepared though. If you have no spine, then that Rabbit hole ride will shatter your life but good. Most sleepers sleep for a reason. Only problem is that sleepers are worthless in the bigger scheme of things; they get left behind. .
You have all watched those Holodeck-Logan's Run-THX1138-George Orwell-Matrix adventure stories, and thought to yourselves, "I'd have figured it out. I wouldn't have been one of those wieners in the background!"
Talk is cheap and 'time' is short.
-FL