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mindreading tech getting a lot closer

mindreading tech getting a lot closer

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https://scitechdaily.com/yale-scientists-solve-a-century-old-brain-wave-mystery/

They talk about how the reproduced some wave patters in mice brains, recorded it and redid the same gamma waves in another mouse and it reacted just like the first as if the second mouse had felt the stimuli.

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@sonhouse said
https://scitechdaily.com/yale-scientists-solve-a-century-old-brain-wave-mystery/

They talk about how the reproduced some wave patters in mice brains, recorded it and redid the same gamma waves in another mouse and it reacted just like the first as if the second mouse had felt the stimuli.
I bet you could have pulled that off by sticking it with a needle in the same place in the same way.

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@KellyJay said
I bet you could have pulled that off by sticking it with a needle in the same place in the same way.
Did you miss the part where they had 16 separate electrodes getting a slightly different signal and they were able to figure out where the signals come from.

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@sonhouse said
Did you miss the part where they had 16 separate electrodes getting a slightly different signal and they were able to figure out where the signals come from.
Nope, getting signals was my point as well.

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@KellyJay said
Nope, getting signals was my point as well.
You miss the part where extra electrodes gives them extra info. One probe? Maybe you can wiggle it around and perform a lobotomy but not much more. You can shoot electricity down such a probe to activate some neurons but not like multiple electrodes which was the whole point of the article.

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@sonhouse said
You miss the part where extra electrodes gives them extra info. One probe? Maybe you can wiggle it around and perform a lobotomy but not much more. You can shoot electricity down such a probe to activate some neurons but not like multiple electrodes which was the whole point of the article.
You introduce any sensation repeatedly you will get similar results.

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@KellyJay said
You introduce any sensation repeatedly you will get similar results.
YOU are like taking a chainsaw to shave your face.