Technology that reads people’s minds here in five years; what’s your take
Add comment January 5th, 2009
Watched a fascinating ‘60 Minutes’ segment last night about “neuroscience research into how we think and what we’re thinking is advancing at a stunning rate, making it possible for the first time in human history to peer directly into the brain to read out the physical make-up of our thoughts, some would say to read our minds.”
One expert’s response to Lesley Stahl’s question: “Do you think one day, who knows how far into the future, there’ll be a machine that’ll be able to read very complex thought like ‘I hate so-and-so’? Or you know, ‘I love the ballet because…’?” Stahl asked. Definitely. Definitely,” neuroscientist Marcel Just said. “And not in 20 years. I think in three, five years.”
“In three years?” Stahl asked. “Well, five,” Just replied with a smile.
