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Let the Mindgames Begin
chienr writes "Like Pong, but instead of paddles, you use your brainwaves to control the ball over to the opponent's goal, that's Mindball! This apparatus was previously an experiment under the name Brainball, and is now commercially available - here's another link with video."
Oh good lord! It's FUNNY! Since when has political correctness been a criteria here? Oh, nevermind!
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
So the person whose brain is most relaxed wins?
Sounds like a great game for George Bush. He'll destroy the competition with his relaxed brain!
Globe199
This technology could actually revolutionize the mental evolution of mankind. From a mental perspective, there is hardly a greater challenge than to think of absolutely nothing for even just a few minutes at a time. I'm quite serious, have you ever actually tried it? Close your eyes for 30 seconds and try to think of absolutely nothing (no pictures, no sounds, no memories, and btw thinking "empty mind, relax, think nothing..nothing.." is still thinking. So 99.99% of you will fail this miserably- I guarantee it. So what does this prove? It proves that we are actually not in control of our minds as we so erogantly think we are. It proves that our mental abilities are far from fine tuned. But what purpose does it serve to think of nothing? If we were to spend a lifetime trying to think of nothing what would we have achieved? Isn't high intellect the result of thinking a lot? Well sort of, but mostly, no. What makes the genius is the ability to focus, to concentrate on a single subject with abyss like depths, reaching further than most other humans, and from those depths high intellectual realizations are thus attained. The keypoint here being that concentration is the master key. One who has enough mind control to concentrate on absolutely nothing, has just as much mind control to think (or meditate) upon any one particular subject and perceive its truth far beyond the capabilities of others. But meditation is very boring stuff for most people, and our western societies get easily bored with just sitting around trying to empty the mind of all the garbage that floats about. We like fast & visible scientific results... well, Zen Masters, perhaps now science has facilitated your teachings and more importantly, motivated western minds to truly work their minds.
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