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Hive mind?
jwhouk:
That very scenario (about "the thoughts of others") was dealt with very well in the last movie of Natalie Wood - Brainstorm. That's one reason why I voted No.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: LTK on 17 Feb 2012, 15:50 ---Give me one example of how humanity would be worse off as a hive mind. Don't be selfish, not you; humanity.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
JRDelirio:
Station seems kind of frustrated that humans insist on "ways to do things" and limits that do not make sense to him (such as search rules). Hanners is telling him she'd rather not have the direct connection and that using her regular senses to communicate works fine; Station insists because he sees no reason why she'd prefer that when they could communicate so much more efficently; ISTM it boils down to is she does not want to install such a device inside herself - she'll stick to superficial body modifications - because it violates some sort of personal limit; but how to explain that politely to Station, whose very being is modular and upgradable.
As to whether Station has friends, the nature of what he is and does is probably not very conducive to developing the skiills necessary for making human friends, except for a special child like Hannelore, who also finds herself in a world that does not work right.
Comm implants? Only if the end user has absolute control of what content is allowed uplink and downlink and can command it off. Heck, I've got "push" disabled on my mere smartphone. I reserve the right to not be reachable at all or to look at your message when it's convenient to me.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: LTK on 17 Feb 2012, 08:04 ---you might be able to make them run on glucose in the future. Like Kim's.
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Good lord, I hadn't realized how far behin I was on that one... another hour down the tubes!
An I have to agree with JRDelirio, I can't imagine anyone willingly implanting such a device without an "off" switch, or at least the ability to filter and reserve time for your own thoughts. LTK's version is a little too "sharing" for many people, I think, and it would have to be marketable unless it's adapted by the military or tested on prisoners.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 17 Feb 2012, 17:27 ---
--- Quote from: LTK on 17 Feb 2012, 15:50 ---Give me one example of how humanity would be worse off as a hive mind.
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Art.
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Thank you SO MUCH for saying this.
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