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Harvard Creates Brain-to-Brain Interface, Allows Humans to Control Other Animals with Thoughts Alone

Posted July 31, 2013 9:55 AM

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Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human... and a rat. Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat's tail. This is one of the most important steps towards BBIs that allow for telepathic links between two or more humans -- which is a good thing in the case of friends and family, but terrifying if you stop to think about the nefarious possibilities of a fascist dictatorship with mind control tech.

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07/31/2013 2:25 PM

"...terrifying if you stop to think about the nefarious possibilities of a fascist dictatorship with mind control tech."

Dictatorship with mind control is already terrifying:

Jim Jones
David Berg
Joseph Di Mambro
Marshall Applewhite

The list, sadly, continues... I have purposely left off some of the biggest names (you know who they are).

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07/31/2013 3:54 PM

Santa Clause? The Pope? Mothers? The press...?...OK I give up.....(sic)

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07/31/2013 6:18 PM

I was thinking parenting, our educational system, business environments, politics, religion, social networking, sports.

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07/31/2013 2:29 PM

What if it turns out to be a two-way street?

Woof woof, meow!

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07/31/2013 11:11 PM

The perfect managers tool!

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08/01/2013 4:12 PM

If only we could find some perfect managers.

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08/02/2013 10:58 AM

All i want out of this is to have my dog go to the fridge and bring me a beer.

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08/04/2013 9:45 PM

You could train him to do that without a Brain Interface, "Fetch Beer", "Fetch Blond"

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