[extropy-chat] TMS

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/mindnet/mn165.htm

Puh-leeze!  Among the rather obvious issues:

1. How to generate a worldwide electromagnetic wave
of any reasonable coherence?  (Sorry, the world's
satellite networks *AREN'T* up to the task.  Neither
are more conventional broadcast networks.  And that's
assuming either one could be coopted by one central
organization, and assumption that is easily shown
false if you take a look at the wide range of
organizations that actually operate the various
satellites and transmitters.)

1a. Specifically, how to do the above with the
exceedingly high precision necessary for neural
induction?

2. How to manipulate even one single brain through
induction in precise ways, as opposed to the vague
"induce a feeling of spiritual presence" that seems to
be about as far as anyone's gotten?

3 and most importantly. Even if this were feasable, it
would be a rather unextropian act.  The ends do not
justify the means; eradicating all who oppose us (say,
by reprogramming them away) is very unlikely to
actually lead to the society that we desire, as
demonstrated by the results of comparable approaches
(genocide, eugenics) in the past.  (A case could be
made that it's theoretically possible to achieve what
we want by these methods, if one studies why the
previous attempts failed.  But that is irrelevant
here, since this just proposes a new method of
controlling people without addressing why trying to
control people - regardless of exact method - has
failed.)

My initial take is that stuff like this has no place
on the extropy-chat list...though I might be wrong.