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"I've come up with some nasty tricks you can play with brain states that I don't even want to record to electrons, though the odds of nobody else ever thinking

"I've come up with some nasty tricks you can play with brain states that I don't even want to record to electrons, though the odds of nobody else ever thinking of them are zero." Even before we get to minds on chips, there are nasty mind tricks coming ever closer to our reach. Imagine how much more successful an "investigator" at Guantanamo Bay could be during "interviews" if they (unbeknownst to the person being interviewed) had a "pleasure center" or "warm friendly feelings" remote control in their pocket. That just requires advanced brain prosthetics and some surreptitious surgery. An advanced form of putting a euphoric drug in someone's iv when they see you, so they come to like you a lot over time.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
That technique doesn't even require drugs, and has been used for millennia. In fact, drugs can tip potential "interviewees" off that something is not right.
leot 15y ago
Doesn't even need to be an iv. A spray will do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin#Drug_forms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin#Drug_forms (in fact, I'm guessing that oxytocin is what this guy is spraying around so that the lions he's playing with don't decide to eat him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjWBgA81LM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjWBgA81LM see minute 0:57)