Could Telepathy Exist?

A brief tale on the possibilities of brain-to-brain communication, with a few cats.
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[@NovaGN]

No way. I have thoughts that wouldn't be acceptable to say aloud.

[@lilkitten545]

I think we all do haha

[@dasin6]

the will se up free!

[@DeviousMalcontent2]

Meow is the first thing I would say to my cat if I could communicate with it via Telepathy.

[@ChrisG2014]

I can control what I say and type. I can't control what I think... I could see this going so wrong.

[@TushantMirchandani]

Wait a second, a futuristic digital telepathy (yes, via a computer processor that is either worn or implanted in the brain) has been explored in Ghost in the Shell. Hardly "uncool"!

[@tiexiaowang7939]

If you hack the computers, you can literally brain control.

[@noahwilliams8996]

+Tiexiao Wang If you hack people then you can literally brain control. Guess which one is easier to hack.

[@torosalvajebcn]

And some hacker will come up with brainleaks.

[@davidwood2118]

As a schizophrenic who somewhat believes in telepathy, this would be disastrous for people who can't control their minds. They would let their secrets out simply because they don't want to let them out. They'll think about what secrets they're keeping and merely that would be a message in itself. People like me were never meant to be telepaths, and it's best to stay that way. Take it from someone who experiences 'telepathy' at a nauseating level. You don't want your mind unlocked for anybody to hear or feel.

[@mikejduk]

Yep. I'm a firm believer in the existence of ESP. Personal instances of others reading my thoughts, some really obscure that could only have been telepathic, and I doing the same with them. eg. My nephew on my sister's side said he had something really special he wanted to share with me. Before he got the words out I said "You're thinking of changing your surname to your mom's maiden name, same name as mine". He was so shocked I knew what he was about to tell me. So, yes, I'm a firm believer in ESP extra sensory perception, commonly known as Telepathy.

[@Therealhatepotion]

I would tell my cat to stop eating hair and string because picking up its string filled poop is gross.

[@OLBICHL]

My brain isn't a nice place to be in... I adapted and can block out most of the things going on in there, but when it has reached it's peak, it's hard to concentrate on a topic for more than one minute without pouring out and adding more topics of close related words and pictures... oh dear... don't let me start thinking about pictures... I can imagine me zooming out of the earth and seeing a model of the sun... our solar system in my imagination is incomplete and I want to keep it that way... I can even literally see myself trough other peoples eye and try and figure out what they are thinking (my foretelling doesn't always work though XDDD)! I have a very big imagination, I have been training it since I was a kid (daydreaming and stuff like that). Even now I just thought of a new story line for one of my fictional characters... that I must note down!!! ... what I meant to say was- do not go into my brain... never... VERBOTEN!!! :-P

[@OLBICHL]

Arthur Wiggins The silence is hoped on when my thoughts are started XDD... ich haben fertig, du Flasche halb leer!

[@butterbun7033]

I'm pretty sure me and my sister have a hive mind or something because we could be sitting in a room and I'll THINK "wait shouldn't someone throw away that loose candy wrapper on the table there...?" And she'll reach down and throw away the candy wrapper...and things like this happen all the time it just like random inconspicuous things too...it's kinda creepy...but who knows

[@NTeamEN]

It's hard enough not to mess up while talking to people, if it were harder to use a device to communicate by thoughts, I don't think most people would do it. But it's still cool to think about. Great video by the way.

[@jahangirbajwa9339]

Believe it or not, but I've communicated with my homie while we were on shrooms. On our way back home, I said something to him, and he responded. Though we verbally weren't saying anything, we suddenly looked at eachother and bursted out laughing in amazement. Although such an experience has never been felt by after that event, I'd say with certainty that our brains communicated and spoke.

[@ShutterAuthority]

0:36 you mean they were able to bring out imagery from the brain into a digital format??

[@ShutterAuthority]

***** That's crazy. I'd like to see more info on that kind of tech.

[@masterbuck]

Yup, but in the 1990s, not 1920s

[@ShutterAuthority]

masterbuck404 Is there a reference to this study?

[@masterbuck]

www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/10-15-1999.html

[@ShutterAuthority]

masterbuck404 Thank you!

[@yossipossi]

Wait, in the rat experiment, What if the rat was the one sending?

[@Nen_niN]

No, no, that's just ratastrophical

[@zerocalvin]

no thanks, i dont want the risk of getting fired when i imagining killing my boss for asking the impossible... plus anyone that have a though of killing someone would be prime suspect for the police when someone died...

[@singularitybound]

The overall change this could bring across society over all would change the entire floor. We simply wouldn't think that way anymore or there would be something else at play to maintain order. In a way it would lend us a type of freedom that would put us above/beyond most our current patterns. For example this is not actually just about thinking a message. It can be used for anything visual, thoughts, feelings, etc. In a sense your boss would at the same time be able to equally feel your feelings about him; but as in your shoes not as in eh, I get your point. This is what I mean by there is more at play that would change the basic yet understandable point you had. Imagine what happens when no one can lie anymore; at least in devious manners. If a bad guy wants to know if your telling the truth or not there are already a ton of modern methods. Even Google has put in a patent for a tattoo that is used with your phone to talk in a room full of people but only your voice is heard; at the same time it changes color showing if you're telling the truth or not.

[@marianoquiroga1976]

Actually, anyone can say out loud "I wanna kill you" or "you're dead meat" without facing legal issues.

[@fortheteam3799]

Brain to brain communication is real. It’s been real for over one year. I promise.

[@archcast9282]

The ending of this video with the soothing music and meowing is very hypnotic. @_@

[@superalibros]

I would probably try to say: IS IT WORKING?!?!?!?

[@BambiLena666]

My perception professor considered ''normal speech'' telepathy. Considering that words mean nothing with out brain processing. The complex work that our brain performs in hearing and then decoding language (or coding and then controling production of speech), not to mention that with damage to centain brain areas that are dedicated to speech understanding or production resuts in inability to undrestand language or speak, for him this was enough to classify it as brain to brain communication.

[@qorilla]

Brain-to-brain communincation, but with an external medium to encode the thought and then decode them back? Ever heard about this thing called language? It does this job quite efficiently.

[@leebridenstine2806]

Well crafted, Brain Craft..love these insightful videos ☺

[@MDH9876]

Is it me or does this seem familiar to when the first message was sent on the first "internet", it was only one word and started what we now have today.

[@kujmous]

I wrote a script yesterday that checks my inbox at five minute intervals and uses text-to-speech functions to report the results. I say all this because at 2:52 you ask, "What would you say?" and at 2:53 my computer replied audibly with "All email messages have been red." The misspelling is intentional, because text-to-speech functions always pronounce "read" as "reed." Truthfully, this is a much simpler hurdle than communicating complete thoughts, though. If the brain could be trained to think in terms of commands, identities, and letters... such as "message" "mother" "good morning", or "get" "weather" "local" -- in essence make it a command-line -- I think faster progress is possible. But then what if your spouse and parent have a lot in common... what if they have the same name... mis-sent messages could be potentially humiliating? Would a PKI infrastructure be necessary to avoid hacking a broadcasted thought? Would it be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks? What if a feeling of terror is transmitted... could a person be prone to being crippled emotionally without any tangible reason?

[@trenvert123]

An interesting concept and a problem for a future time, but if we can communicate through telepathy, why use words at all? Words can be messy, and the meaning of those words, spoken or written are often misinterpreted. Most people don't solely think in words and sentences anyway. They also think in images and patterns. If we could communicate through telepathy, we could communicate through intention. We could do away with the need for interpreted meaning and finally actually 'say' what we mean. Also, the security concerns would be troubling. The problem I see is that unlike computers that can choose whether or not to be connected to a network and send out data, the brain would have no such switch. Imagine there was a sort of 'packet sniffer' for thoughts. It could be set up to catch any unintentional thought that may flit across the victim's mind. All the attacker would have to do is say a few priming statements, maybe about their own email and needing to log in, and capture login information from a seemingly harmless conversation.

[@Redfoot9]

I think the title for this video is way off. To me, what was described was no where near being telepathic. By having a computer interface any chance of telepathic communication was negated.

[@PureAddictivity]

Does the 2 second noise in the intro do anything to us mentally? I feel more focused

[@Maioneselover]

And here we come to the situation described in Ghost in the Shell, and that incredible hacker messing up everyone's thoughts and perceptions.

[@Merrsharr]

I'm waiting for tele-empathy Don't waste time with words when you can transmit raw emotion.

[@mrdiddley8060]

thats just eragon

[@ceceliawight7059]

Okay, so let me understand this. Telepathy works but only if outside stimulation occurs. Hmm. That is not telepathy.

[@gorefreak2]

It's scientific creation of telepathy. Communication through the mind.

[@kove]

Exactly, calling this telepathy is disingenuous at best. I would give it a little credit if there the computer was removed..

[@singularitybound]

It is literally synthetic telepathy and even better then "real" *cough Telepathy. Future versions ill not require the medium... It will lit be brain to brain, or brain to Computer/AI Vice versa.) People at some point and not far off could lit surf the cloud mentally or even have a synthetic omnipresence.

[@mrdiddley8060]

on the second last meow can u people still hear the meow adter echo? there cud be an audio illusion or brain to brain thing using that.

[@KrzysztofKotarba]

what is the sound of the voice in your head when you read or think about stuff?

[@orangelike9732]

0:36 the man seen by the cats it's quite creepy...

[@kwaece857]

I love educational channels... They are so interesting more than those Gamers. :D

[@xnnsu1146]

It's your opinion. Keep it to your ignorant self.

[@alexb3617]

every persons brain is organized differently. even if people have access to ongoing processes of other persons brains, they wont be able to understand them. its better to use device also to synchronize two brains so that both brains could interpret information similarly. i think port on the neck like in Matrix, is where future is going

[@ritahair8084]

I understand what you saying... but...anyone that would agree to that for a quick evolution would be insane. I wouldnt agree to it...It could easily do irreparable damage from sources within and outside of the human experience. I think ...given natural time and practice...learning how to connect on different levels with others without using a Tect Interpreter, we could far outreach our own expectations without putting ourselves in jeopardy while doing so. Just my humble opinion. Im not trying to be an a.s..le. :D

[@alexb3617]

there would be some disadvantages of course. it wont be natural and we wont know whether its right or wrong. whether evolution would have taken that route naturally. maybe there is such thing as being in too much connection

[@SirAlex-jb5dl]

What is that suppose to mean. Your brain functions the same as mine unless you have a mental disorder, or had a dramatic child hood. (I'm not saying that S an insult)

[@alexb3617]

no 2 brains function similarly. brain is not a computer that has dedicated hard drive to store memory. neurons form networks of connections with each other and that is how memory is stored. and everyone creates different networks of connections so they cant recognize each other, even if they are physically connected

[@deltax930]

+Alex B I humans develop this type of technology how is that not developing naturally? Humans evolved the intellect required to attempt this feat and if we success would in my view be a self imposed adaptation.

[@perkypears]

So is it possible to use PsychoKinesis the way they do in Mother or not because maaan PK Fire would be cool and that's just the beginning

[@PipPanoma]

How exactly did they find out what the message was? Did it just pop in their head? Did she suddenly say it? How?

[@EmpereurNapoleonex]

is it faster/easier to transmit images or text? how does that even work? like you know how you can hear your voice in your head. is that how you receive this information? does it sound the same as the transmitter's voice?

[@mrdiddley8060]

nope

[@IIvruus]

Telepathy does exist. Animals way to commuicate is by telepathy. Most humans forget how to use it since it's not accepted by our society, they end up not using it and soon forgeting how to use it. That is also why children "can speak to animals," they have not learned that it is not accepted by the society.

[@AdelleRamcharan]

Sigh. I have already experienced an entire conversation this way. It IS possible. lol ;)

[@deanhodes5465]

no you haven't

[@AdelleRamcharan]

***** Yes it does. I ate his face off after, but for those few minutes, we had a REAL telepathic connection.

[@AdelleRamcharan]

Ling Dang Yes I have. I can also read minds so I knew you were going to write that. PS: You will find that special someone someday, once you overcome your social issues from having such overbearing parents. And Jesus loves you no matter what religion you end up choosing...... :)

[@bluestchaos]

2:09 the dot above the "i" is missing in "brain" and it's SUPER annoying

[@erksp7961]

Why not mention Michael Persinger's work?

[@DRakshasa]

The question isn't "What would I say?" the question is "Would other people understand what I mean?" The difference is huge. Poets and writers have spend ages "researching" translating words into emotion, and some have had great success, but the question remains... Will other people really understand out thoughts? It is hard to say, unless we are able to submit our entire life experiences.

[@ArnavDhamija]

another cool video! I wonder how you can encode brain signals from a human into rat-brain friendly format. So, could we achieve interspecies communication with the right technology?

[@torosalvajebcn]

If they started storing in the computers the data of mental interactions between people and some hacker would get that info, that would be called Brainleaks....the Panama Papers would be a children's game compared to that.

[@noahwilliams8996]

But could we use it to control robots?

[@hedgetwentyfour2708]

We can test for spectrum inversion, that is, if this thing is going to work.

[@TripleRoux]

Is there any part of science/biology that does not have to rely on cutting open and maiming innocent animals so we can prove a point or discover something about ourselves? Is there any effort being made to find new ways of research, that does not involve animals being used in this way?

[@felixmarvelo2063]

Nope. Until we have those DNA simulators like in the last Spiderman movie, we're going to have to cut up some critters.

[@JasonKlein97]

I agree. As much as I love science and discovering these things, none of it should be at the expense of any being. it's not worth a life(Or in many cases, hundreds or even thousands). People disgust me sometimes with their selfishness and disregard to sentient beings.

[@govanisalaiz1019]

I hate the fact of communicating but sending images would be extraordinary -Hey i saw an UFO yesterday -Really ( Send Image ) Dude this is so Grand Theft Auto

[@Headshotphyco]

The way she says telepathy though

[@TheGreatGYROFLUFF]

Why brain to brain communication could be awkward. "Hello, did I leave the stove on, my name ,name sure is a funny sounding word, is kevin ,mable I should not procrastinate so much, kevin is a dumb name, who am I messaging again, oh wait it's still recording mind back on track plz, what was the first thing did I already say hello"

[@TheGreatGYROFLUFF]

Tamby theGiant Human minds aren't as streamlined and goal oriented as language. Have you never thought of something else while doing an relevant task or were reminded of something you forgot while having a conversation. The communication would need a very complicated BS filter so to speak.

[@lolcatgaming5325]

this would be awesome! I would love to do this. I sometimes pretend I can :p don't judge.

[@BarsatKarki]

Three things you should know: 1.Brain to brain communication happens all the time, without brains we would not be conscious/alive to communicate! 2.You can't get inside my head, but hey at-least you can give me one! 3.The "Hello" sent from India to France is actually a B-mail!

[@geminamarin3093]

Hmm!

[@abela1228]

i wonder if a less clunkier device was created and it became mainstream, would it increase empathy?

[@raptormancro]

Bio-amps when?

[@haleemat5940]

I think I would but I'm also worried this might to less communication between humans.

[@DasJiggly]

+Haleema T Im afraid this leads to too much communication between humans Oo

[@thiagomartins4992]

"Science is a dick to cats" hahaha

[@bpb138]

Not to poopoo this too much, (it's a cool idea). What of the threats from hackers and malevolent people, especially if we're able to make the transmissions faster and delivered through wireless technology? Would people want something that could be taken advantage of, if not now, then sometimes in the future?J Just thinking ahead.

[@joebazooks]

"i'm in your head"

[@Grim_Beard]

This 'brain-to-brain' communication is 'telepathy' in much the same way as you reading this message is telepathy. I have a thought, it goes through a computer, and is communicated to your brain. That's not what anyone means by 'telepathy' - which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not exist.

[@blacksuitco]

Who ever wrote the narration for this video has never seen Star Wars. That is all.

[@bendanonfawkes4189]

scientist have created a way for paraplegics to control a wheelchair with their thoughts. thereby moving the wheelchair accordingly.

[@bowenchu6161]

wouldnt this be more along the lines of brain control instead of telepathy? : p

[@ericash3390]

Yeah but why

[@MrTravisDCook]

Jup

[@gorefreak2]

So basically Shitter from South Park? :P

[@TheBandScanner]

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are, a book by De Waal.

[@elliottparker6389]

Rrt

[@sabrinayuexin9718]

CATS!!!!!!!!!

[@luigidacosta1914]

No I wouldn't.

[@Yipper64]

ah so animals have really blurry vision

[@Fematika]

No, it is just that they cannot generate anything very clear, so it is pixelated.

[@Yipper64]

Fematika cats are not tvs...

[@Fematika]

By they, I meant the people. They couldn't get a high-quality image because of lack of technology and other limitations.

[@Yipper64]

Fematika people arnt tv either...

[@Fematika]

THEY RECREATE THE IMAGE ON A COMPUTER!

[@Evghenios79]

Serious Question: why do you talk like that? I noticed VSauce3 also talks like that. Is it supposed to be more effective? Because for me it's not. As much as I love the content you put out there and the work you are doing, the way you talk - if by design - is killing me.

[@Ifritlordofire]

She probably talks like that because there are lots of people whose native language isn't English. She's trying to be more comprehensible even to those who don't speak it fluently.

[@torosalvajebcn]

"why do you talk like that?" You mean using English words in a comprehensible way?

[@cm374787]

We already communicate brain-to-brain, this is a question of medium. We use words, actions, telephones, email and social media etc to communicate what our brains are thinking to the brains of others. Telepathy achieved...ages ago.

[@shinwari7423]

IT CAN NOT AND WILL NOT EXIST!!

[@KalishKovacs]

I was fascinated by the science, be disgusted by the animal experimentation. We only have the right to do that insofar as that they cannot stop us from doing it to them, no more then a child could stop you from doing it to them. The measure of a human is how they treat those who they have power over. If you want to test the things you would do on animals, than do it on humans first. At least they can consent.

[@KalishKovacs]

Additionally, like many forms of media, this was presented in a soft and easy manner so that the people watching it would not be exposed to the reality of animal testing. Presentation of media and wilful ignorance.

[@singularitybound]

Kalish Kovacs On the same token all this progress that has a blood trail will no longer have one. In the end it will be this path that actually prevents testing this way. They are already for instance working to print/grow organs and cells of humans to directly test on instead. Which is 1000x more useful then harming an animal for it. Another example is livestock... when they start growing/printing meats and it becomes the majority method these animals will become almost extinct if not extinct. Its a double sided blade; suffering vs existence. Of coarse the length of time of that transition depends on progress of technology globally (meaning no more 3rd world at some point; replaced by something else; status etc.) Which IS going to happen. Some major explosion coming and most will allow all 3rd world places to leap frog. I agree with you though; there are millions of scientist that would rather experiment (not will all things; because to dangerous or unsure.) on humans. And Humans that are willing to do so in the name of progress. Its a shame... For example the whole stem cell thing... While were fought over its entrance form (babies/eggs.) other countries did not follow our rules. And not only are 10x further then us but turned out to be one of the holy grails of science. Which now because of that path protects its original source forever. Even not finding so many variations, etc.

[@TheACEaka1]

you guys are hiding the truth.. telepathy exist.. thats me singing in your head or yelling whether you like it or not.. haaaa

[@arttoegemann]

This is not telepathy. Thumb down.

[@cheker10000]

MEOW

[@rahmata.e.2289]

it's terrible! people can control your mind!

[@blakezastawrny5111]

Meow

[@ImoowhenIPoo]

Press 9 for Meow :3

[@Elliotness789]

Soooo hot!!

[@ovidiudans]

remake the video and put a dot on the fucking "i". :p

[@hindildo]

Jesus is also real

[@BigSandyballs]

Well, I wanna share a weird experience that I had I'm pretty curious about LSD trips,so in my 4th trip I was having this great visuals, so I wanted to call a close friend to tell him about them So I got my phone and called him through Whatsapp, and I could hear like I was near him, and he was talking to the taxi guy, cuz he was paying and getting off the taxi (I thought that he answered, and I was waiting to get off the taxi to talk to me properly, but no) I stop hearing "the call" so I looked at my phone and he didn't answered any call at all I was like meh, prolly I'm having pretty crazy hallucinations and ignored that at the end of the night, I sent him a text asking about what was he doing when I called him, and he replied... getting of the taxi!! Hope BrainCraft read this, huge fan of your videos :D

[@erikziak1249]

Well, in this case, telepathy exists already. We use our muscles to vibrate air at specific frequencies and have two receivers on the sides of our heads that detect these vibrations. Also there is a "code" (language) that is used to communicate words. Words can be put into sentences to communicate "wirelessly" from brain to brain (using our senses). The "telepathy" just replaced our own, natural means of communication by artificial means. No big deal yet. However if we get real implants, wired to our brains that we could also power by our own metabolism, such implants might be used for "real" telepathy (based on radio waves for example)... But there still would remain the last barier - it is our individual brain that actually makes sense of any communicated message, be it spoken and heared, written and read or transmitted by any other way....

[@IssaMe]

I never knew we could talk 'wirelessly'! I always use a rope to talk to my friends... Btw I love how you made talking sound so complicated, even though it technically is

[@MatteoSuppo]

Welcome to the future

[@MatteoSuppo]

Yes

[@valeriorossi9404]

Ghost in the Shell "phone" system?? :D

[@holdmybeer]

I only experience the present :(

[@Paddyllfixit]

holdmybeer .......by the time you experience it,.....it's the past.

[@matthewsquires1734]

Should have done it the other way round and let the rat control the person that would have been more fun

[@Zeuts85]

There's no reason this couldn't be done with a cloud of nanobots in the audio-cortex--basically like having an internal phone line. Sure, it wouldn't be direct transfer of thought, but given the problem of decoding and re-encoding between brains, that's probably impractical if not impossible. But using the audio cortex, the encoding/decoding problem would be basically solved automatically, since for the most part everyone's audio cortex works the same way.

[@sphong0610]

This video was made in 2014... now in 2016 or after(soon to be 2017), can we have ultra small neuro-connectors and transmitter devices so that this could actually work? It would be via computer sure, but with a ultra small one, or even a single chip embed into your brain wouldn't that be just as good?

[@ritahair8084]

All we need is not a computer between transmitters...all we really need is a Cat to meet us both Halfway...LOL im joking but Im also odd...I believe in this sh.t...not to say its called sh.t...but i am believer ...altho...I dont think we have to have a computer betwinkz us. ;)

[@crashkidd34]

californier.

[@windsurfordie]

more kittens !!!!!!!!

[@e8root]

Telepathy is real but using it is very expensive. You pay with your soul

[@starx8775]

It seems that way, as so far only narcissistic and sociopaths seem to reflect having this.

[@erictaylor5462]

I don't think telepathy or ESP is possible. If it were it wouldn't be rare or weak, it would be as, if not more powerful and common as sight. Sight grants such a huge advantage that is has evolved at least 5 independent lines. Even just an ability to tell light from dark gives an organism a large survival advantage. Nearly every multi-celled organism can see at least a little. Even animals that live where the sun doesn't shine (bottom of the ocean, in caves) not only have eyes that work, but they light up their own body to find mates or food. Animals have evolved ways to at least partly defeat vision through camouflage, or advertise their inedibility through bright colors (some even falsely advertise this! Now think of the advantage an animal would have if they could read the minds of animals that are hunting them! Predators account for vision, smell and hearing when hunting, approaching quietly, down wind and from behind, moving slowly in stealth mode, getting as close as possible to the target. Yet no one has ever seen behavior consistent with any animal having the ability outside normal senses of detecting a predator, not even when the predator is focusing nearly all of it's attention on the target. If telepathy were possible, we'd all have it.

[@singularitybound]

It will and can be used for much better things then just simple communication of ideas/words. But actually emotions, feelings, etc. You could for example rather then putting a bully in the corner feed him the same pattern as his victim. All kinds of things are coming. Japan in 5 years will be able to make a HD video of your thoughts and dreams. Its kinda of funny you know; the avg person in public has no idea how far ahead things are in labs. (And will only get faster) This comes with all kinds of NEW ways of life and bad ones. I don't think many will consider these things :bad: in the future though. People will just "be"/live differently all together. Its brain to brain and Synthetic telepathy btw; the goal being to communicate thoughts, feelings, etc through the cloud. Or to even Surf the Cloud with your mind. Again crazy stuff and not 50 years away. This isnt even considering actualy genetic or synthetic enhancments to the brain itself; which will go to another lvl. (Omniprecsens in a sense available RT all the time for every huiman.)

[@MatthijnDijkstra]

Hmm, regarding the "hello" transmitted through brain-to-brain communication. They should have picked another random word. "Hello" is really one of the first words you use when you want to start communicating with someone. So, I feel there is a high probability of a lucky guess. Though I do not know the original interview.

[@gyrrakavian]

While it would be cool, we simply CANNOT trust that it would be used for moral purposes. It's far more likely to be perverted by those seeking power or seeking to remain in power.

[@peterjones6715]

hello . there are different experiences of telepaphy , just as there are different dimensions of awareness . its up to the individual to trance elate , then you will understand what you`ve forgot , quiet naturally . with regards

[@TheLun4tic]

why shouldn't it be possible to develop a biological Brain computer interface over time? Isn't tech just the short cut for that?

[@drphu]

I believe it can direct brain to brain