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IMHO, the 'reading' gives it away. How would the doctors know it would appear in written form? Could be part of the technique of course. Still, I would change i

by remcob 8y ago

IMHO, the 'reading' gives it away. How would the doctors know it would appear in written form? Could be part of the technique of course. Still, I would change it to the more generic 'receive'.

probably_wrong 8y ago
This is how I would rationalize that point: Clearly, the doctors did not intend for that specific message to appear specifically on my screen. Rather, their treatment will make my brain "fight back" against the delusion, and reality will start to creep in unexpectedly. Maybe someone will stop me on the street and tell me "you need to wake up". Maybe I'll hear a new song titled "you are in a coma". Maybe I'll find a hospital gown on my wardrobe. Or maybe a random string will appear on some repository. Note: I also realize how much you can eff up someone's day by doing all of this. If you are one of those Youtube pranksters, don't do that.
benj111 8y ago
Yes that's what gives it away ?! Going majorly off topic,I have an internal voice, I don't have an internal text. I assume this is normal, and not diagnostic of being in a coma.
- subroutine 8y ago
  What if the "new technique" is to identify neural nets in the visual cortex that encode the cover of your favorite book, and then altering that visual memory so as to replace the title with this message.
  - carlmr 8y ago
    I'd assume them to at least vary it a little bit. If they can printf some text into my comatose brain, they can also make it dynamic where it shouldn't be.
  - Filligree 8y ago
    See, if that happened then you'd have good reason to worry.
  - pferde 8y ago
    What if that is happening to all of us when reading news headlines?
  - benj111 8y ago
    What would happen if you only thought you liked that book because it mentioned you. I mean do you think computer scientists named a sub collection of instructions after you, or do you think its a hint the wake up? Wake up.... Wake up subroutine.

by remcob 8y ago

IMHO, the 'reading' gives it away. How would the doctors know it would appear in written form? Could be part of the technique of course. Still, I would change it to the more generic 'receive'.

probably_wrong 8y ago

This is how I would rationalize that point: Clearly, the doctors did not intend for that specific message to appear specifically on my screen. Rather, their treatment will make my brain "fight back" against the delusion, and reality will start to creep in unexpectedly. Maybe someone will stop me on the street and tell me "you need to wake up". Maybe I'll hear a new song titled "you are in a coma". Maybe I'll find a hospital gown on my wardrobe. Or maybe a random string will appear on some repository. Note: I also realize how much you can eff up someone's day by doing all of this. If you are one of those Youtube pranksters, don't do that.

benj111 8y ago

Yes that's what gives it away ?! Going majorly off topic,I have an internal voice, I don't have an internal text. I assume this is normal, and not diagnostic of being in a coma.

subroutine 8y ago
What if the "new technique" is to identify neural nets in the visual cortex that encode the cover of your favorite book, and then altering that visual memory so as to replace the title with this message.
- carlmr 8y ago
  I'd assume them to at least vary it a little bit. If they can printf some text into my comatose brain, they can also make it dynamic where it shouldn't be.
- Filligree 8y ago
  See, if that happened then you'd have good reason to worry.
- pferde 8y ago
  What if that is happening to all of us when reading news headlines?
- benj111 8y ago
  What would happen if you only thought you liked that book because it mentioned you. I mean do you think computer scientists named a sub collection of instructions after you, or do you think its a hint the wake up? Wake up.... Wake up subroutine.