Uploading knowledge to a brain??

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Have you seen “The Matrix” by Wachowski brothers (now sisters)? Probably yes, this movie revolutionized the industry of sci-fi. In their film, The Wachowskis put a lot of futuristic concepts, some of which has already come true. In one of the scenes, when the main protagonist Neo has already escaped from The Matrix, he learns kung-fu within seconds by simply uploading skills to his brain. Well, it seems like pure science fiction. However, recently scientists from California developed technology which does the same thing but on a much smaller scale.

Researchers from HRL Laboratories claims that they have discovered the way to upload knowledge into a brain. Their method is based on neuroscience. According to the research, during learning, physical changes take place inside the brain. Those changes happen in a small region of a brain which is responsible for such functions like speech and memory. Thanks to special electrode-embedded head caps, this part of the brain is stimulated, which enables to acquire knowledge much faster.


It is a little bit shocking because it is even difficult to imagine that you don’t know something and then after a short time you suddenly have the knowledge in your brain. Well, it doesn’t work exactly as shown in The Matrix, but maybe one day it will…

The study conducted by HRL contained examining experienced aeroplane pilot brane and than stimulate the brain of rookies. As an outcome, those who received brain stimulation improved their piloting abilities and learnt the task 33% faster than the placebo group.

Will it be ever possible to upload things into brains? Probably new technologies will one day enable us to do it. There is no doubt that such possibilities are great, but what if someone would use such a brain stimulation tech for an evil purpose? What if such tech would become a tool for massive brainwash and political objectives? How would schools look like if we could learn everything instantly, would children go to schools and take part in sessions of uploading knowledge to their brain? Such a scenario looks pretty frightening for me… Should we take the red pill and make sci-fi come true?

References:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/?fbclid=IwAR3upixA1kq-h-GaBjG8uwnQ_xVFDVMvbzO9ccjJ-Fk1NJ4YS3zY9H2a1IE

 

Scientists Discover Matrix-Like Way to ‘Upload Knowledge to Your Brain’

 

 

4 thoughts on “Uploading knowledge to a brain??

  1. Galiński Jan says:

    Oh that’s intersting, if we could just get all the knowledge in seconds, maybe schools would be based on aquiring skills or social abilities. Another topic is the division of work when everyone can get necessary knowledge, how should we choose a job or be recruited. Maybe it’s all about skills in the future.

  2. Urban Michalina says:

    It would be definitely a dream come true for any student who is currently preparing for the exam session. Being able to, at least, learn faster. What’s more, if later it could allow them to learn within seconds.
    Although, thinking how this kind of technology could be possibly dangerous for humankind if used by wrong people in the wrong way. It is scary to think about what it could lead to in the future…
    Definitely, with the constant development of technology, researchers and scientists will try to achieve such devices as on the video. It seems very tempting to see how this could affect our lives, however, scary to think of at the same time.
    But as we all know people are afraid of what they don’t know so who knows maybe with the time it will become our reality.

  3. Mazurkiewicz Mateusz says:

    We still are unconscious about how our brain does work. We can follow the process of memory, we are even trying to recreate synapsis with some successes. But the brain I far more complicated than that. Some of the processes are still unknown…
    Will it be 100% safe? We are talking about the most important part of our brain though! I do not know if I would take that risk

  4. Nykonenko Oleksandr says:

    Surely really interesting research. In my opinion, it has to be tested more before applying it in real life as it influences your brain.

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