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From: cceds29@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Student 29)
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Subject: Wetware
Summary: Novice Thoughts on wetware
Keywords: Paranoia, Potential.
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Date: 25 May 90 22:31:25 GMT
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If this is a repete of earlier discussions, forgive me as I'm new to S.V-W
however it occurs to me that, if it is possable to feed data into the 
"senses" via direct nureal stimulation, thus bypassing the data recievers
(touch/taste nerves etc.) Then the process would be speeded up somewhat
(in a simular way to Machine code programming cf Basic), as your talking,
or capable of, to the "C.P.U." The upshot of this is that, in addition
to causing input problems, information could be "fed" to a subject in a
concentrated form. Thus education could be accompleshed with much greater
efficiency (faster and with much improved structuring, which if I remember 
all the memory training books properly, would greatly improve recall)
 Of course it also means that you would have to let someone else have 
access to your "mind", somewhat daunting as it would be a simple task to
implement conditioning which would, of course affect your future behavior
( The future of criminal rehabilitation ?????)
  Of course once conditioning became that easy, then you can decide your own
personality, will power becomes obselete (why diet when you can program 
yourself to hate chocolate, why worry when you can program yourself to become
dedicated to a task).....I would continue, but I'm sure that I'd have
Sci-fi writers sueing my for copyrite fairly soon.....

Just thoughts.........

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