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The actual paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410445121 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410445121

• nonameiguess 2y ago
  Please make this the submission link. This is interesting, worthwhile work, but not at all "writing skills" to the human brain. It's using external electrical feedback to induce people to see objects as more categorical distinct than they otherwise would have. This is nothing at all like the Matrix, which also wasn't non-invasive and required having a brain implant built into you from birth. They didn't even have a means of using their own technique on Zion-born natural humans. Beyond which, we may note, even Matrix learning didn't translate outside of the matrix. You "know" kung fu? Great, what does it mean to know kung fu? Because actually performing kung fu requires bodily adaptations that take years to accumulate. Knowledge on its own doesn't do a whole lot, except inside the matrix where you're not bound by the physical limitations of your body's capabilities. In the real non-simulated world, the brain can only do so much on its own. Christopher Reeve knew how to walk. Fat lot of good it did him.
  • Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
    Well, I mean, there are so many things that don't require full motion. And knowing the things that require full motion makes everything much faster: if you know perfect form for stretches and strength exercises needed to achieve the body shape to perform kung fu, the years of training necessary might be way less. I'd love to have the ability to learning like that
  • gregw2 2y ago
    Agreed, thanks. Too late for me to edit.