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How Cyborg Tech Could Link the Minds of the World

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thought-for-food dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Science writer Michael Chorost has written a book that suggests that mankind may one day be able to link individual minds to share thoughts, feelings and perceptions by genetically modifying individuals brains and implanting computers based on neural networks in the body. Here he talks about the implications for human relationships, our sense of self and phenomenon like telempathy and dream brainstorming that this so-called World Wide Mind would make possible."

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  1. Oh Crap! by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great, now Facebook will be modifying my brain's privacy settings with little or no notice.

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    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  2. On the one hand by NEDHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a thought, but I am not sure it is mine

  3. Teilhard de Chardin has him beat by about 90 years by EnsilZah · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere

    For Teilhard, the noosphere emerges through and is constituted by the interaction of human minds. The noosphere has grown in step with the organization of the human mass in relation to itself as it populates the earth. As mankind organizes itself in more complex social networks, the higher the noosphere will grow in awareness. This concept is an extension of Teilhard's Law of Complexity/Consciousness, the law describing the nature of evolution in the universe. Teilhard argued the noosphere is growing towards an even greater integration and unification, culminating in the Omega Point, which he saw as the goal of history. The goal of history, then, is an apex of thought/consciousness.