If even your brain isn't private?

@soothfast said
I guessed it was "Another Brick in the Wall."

I was right.

...We don't need no thought control...

Indeed! That little irony passed me by in my flabbergastated state I was residing in.

@shavixmir said
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/15/scientists-reconstruct-pink-floyd-song-by-listening-to-peoples-brainwaves

This gave me bloody goosebumps.

Scientists have measured people's brainwaves whilst they were listening to Pink Floyd and have been able to reconstruct the song.

And you can hear it in the clips (second one being clearer than the first).

A ...[text shortened]... ut my head in a guillotine,
But it’s alright, Ma,
It’s life, and life only.[/quote]
- B. Dylan -

Dude...tin foil hats were invented like decades ago.

@shavixmir said
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/15/scientists-reconstruct-pink-floyd-song-by-listening-to-peoples-brainwaves

This gave me bloody goosebumps.

Scientists have measured people's brainwaves whilst they were listening to Pink Floyd and have been able to reconstruct the song.

And you can hear it in the clips (second one being clearer than the first).

A ...[text shortened]... ut my head in a guillotine,
But it’s alright, Ma,
It’s life, and life only.[/quote]
- B. Dylan -

I wonder if this could be used to make some sort of advanced lie-detector. They're not admissible in court due to some people being able to beat them (or failing by being overly nervous) but a polygraph using brainwaves may be more reliable.

As for them being used for evil, of course they will. We have to simply weigh whether their potential for good outweighs that. Right now, I'm not sure. It depends on how far this technology evolve. Could it potentially be advanced enough to pick up brainwaves and construct those thoughts from a distance? Who knows.

Fascinating stuff.