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It would be great/dystopian to, in the future, figure out what particular people are good at by analysing their brains.
by Tade0 6y ago
It would be great/dystopian to, in the future, figure out what particular people are good at by analysing their brains.
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- msp_yc 6y agoMr. Burns : Absolutely! Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal. Waylon Smithers : Uh, Sir? Phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago. Mr. Burns : Of course you'd say that... you have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter!
- user982 6y agoA more accurate ASVAB?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI smell a DoD grant in the making!
- Tade0 6y agoProbably less, but with better UX.
- coderdd 6y agoAsimov's short novel "Profession" might be an interesting read.
- arethuza 6y agoThere is also the, rather terrifying, concept of focus from Vernon Vinge's Deepness in the Sky where brains are modified to turn people into intelligent single-purpose appliances/microservices: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky
- bitL 6y agoYou can view angels as intelligent (micro)services, so that concept is much older.