Inside the New Science of Neuroengineering

palegray.net writes "Wired brings us a look into the world of neuroengineering, the science of hacking the brain to improve its function. Dr. Ed Boyden is the director of MIT's Neuroengineering and Neuromedia Lab, focusing on innovative methods of physically altering neuroanatomy for various purposes. As useful as discoveries in the field may be, the work certainly raises moral and ethical questions. From the article: '"If we surgically or electrically modify someone's personality... that raises many questions about personal identity, (of) who we are at our core," says Dr. Debra Matthews of The Berman Institute of Bioethics. "We place ourselves in the mind and therefore the brain. (Mood-altering surgery) feels like fundamentally modifying who a person is."'"

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you raised two points:

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#1: that i'm a shrill busy body trying to dictate what other people do with their own bodies

#2: that mind alterating technologies is essentially like drinking coffee, or having proper nutrition

these are both points of view that i completely addressed in the post you are responding to

so what i suggest for you is that the next time that you respond to someone's post, you actually fucking read what they fucking said first

i know, i'm kind of a wacky guy that way