Comment Re:One question... (Score 2, Interesting) 636
How did the clump of neurons know what they were trying to accomplish? More precicely, why didn't they try to crash the plane?
...and how did they differentiate between actual, appropriate thoughts regarding flying the plane and fleeting, "I wonder what would happen if I pointed this 747 full of people straight down" thoughts? (I realize the "brain" in this experiment probably didn't have this level of cognition, but my question applies to any thought-controlled apparatus.)
Sure, I've stood on an observation deck at the top of a tall building and wondered "I wonder what it would be like to jump off", but I have no intention of ever doing so. How does this contraption identify my true intentions vs. nonsense from my inner lunatic?
Sure, I've stood on an observation deck at the top of a tall building and wondered "I wonder what it would be like to jump off", but I have no intention of ever doing so. How does this contraption identify my true intentions vs. nonsense from my inner lunatic?
