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Runktar t1_j5o8pcg wrote

Everything you experience is simply an electrical signal in your brain. Once we fully map what all these signals are and we make the proper tech we can simulate any experience.

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Nopain59 t1_j5ozp9g wrote

Everyone then spends all their time having VR sex with everyone else. End of the advancement of civilization.

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Extra-Confection-706 t1_j5rsjtz wrote

Who the hell cares about civilization like It had any higher value. If apes are Happy in their virtual reality, so be It.

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Codydw12 t1_j5ry7ki wrote

Or it gets used as a vacation tool and people still live life normally

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---nom--- t1_j5pde09 wrote

To map signals, you'd have to be able to identify what synapses contain what memories. You can bet your life everyone is different and is observed differently.

Although by monitoring someone doing a specific activity, like moving a limb - you could potentially mimick this person's action. So who knows, maybe we'll calibrate such a device using this method. But it may be difficult to target this part of the brain specifically.

Considering our smart phones and apps are so jam full of bugs, I don't hold much hope for such technology. Imagine the sort of bugs you could observe with such tech, super invasive bugs too.

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