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Just a thought about human's brain .. indulge me please...
its amazing how one can function like a gigantic computer..if you multiplied this by 7 billion .. can you believe what we can accomplish .. if we have all humans brains to funtion collectively to tackle any problem faces humanity ... what other amazing things can be done... try to avoid the temptation of looking at the negative side of this thought... dare to contemplate on the bright side of the thought..
.... I'd like to hear your input

Neenz 7 May 24
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I love the concept of if we knew how to use more of our brain power we can accomplish so much more. Maybe even eliminate petty Wars and Crimes

Yes and we do have a hope.. I'm one if the fighters in this battle..

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There are a number of scientific problems that have actually been solved by crowd sourcing. Scientists presents the problem to a large group with any rules associated with it and allow anyone to provide suggest potential solutions. This has lead to discoveries in protein folding, discovering extra solar objects, and finding mutations within the human genome. These are all notoriously complex problems.

It doesn't matter how smart any one person is, because they might stumble into a solution where more intelligent people failed.

The power of stupidity?

I mean, sure, they might stumble into a solution, but they're more likely to vote to spend the budget on a big-screen TV and watch "Real Housewives" or some damn thing.

@Paul4747 with all the love i offer you.. it looks a struggle for you to indulge me 🙂
Try to resist the temptation ti go to the other direction lol

@Neenz I'm a natural contrarian.

@Neenz And comedian.

@Paul4747 then cotrararize the norm which usually is a harder thing to do 😉

@Paul4747 That is supper intelligent then... we must plug your brain in 😉

@Neenz You don't want that... it might take over the Matrix.

@Paul4747 the more intelligent you are the closer your logic to goodness.. so taking over the matrix happen by intelligent people like them that wouldn't be a bad thing

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Quite frankly considering some of the people I've encountered in my life I'd be terrified to be mind linked with them in any fashion.

Some people are downright scarey.

1of5 Level 8 May 24, 2019
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I doubt we will ever be able to network all human brains to work as one.

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good in theory, but in practice ?. remember the old saying " a camel is a horse designed by a committee "

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Yeah, but just try to find a functioning human brain these days.

All the good scientists and the beautiful artists ^_^

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But, look at all the defective minds that would corrupt the sytem ! Yikes

Yes that's why we need logic to survive. If we ignore that then we might as well go back to being primitive tribes ..we were way more functional then than we are now

@Neenz your points are getting really close !!!! 🙂
Get out the champagne..

@Buddha not fast enough 😛

@Neenz 9899... i just looked. Lol

@Buddha thanks for the update.. so by the time I'm done this i should be 7 right?
.. maybe?.. no?

@Neenz 9955. You go girl ! 🙂

@Buddha damn 40 to go.. thanks yahoo

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I think there was a star trek theme about cyborgs or something like that.. 🙂

Resistance is futile

@Paul4747 We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.

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It’s a brilliant question because you have challenged me to think beyond my knee jerk reaction of “it ain’t gonna work”

A network of positive, altruistic human minds would be incredible. I can’t even imagine what would be possible.

I know eh.. it makes uppit think of just for that humanity should stay alive and we should figure a way to not let all this greatness wasted by stupid actions ^_^

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An analog is a flock of starlings flying en masse in the evening to find a place to roost. Their formation dances in the sky.

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From a systems thinking philosophy the interaction between all minds linked in a network is of more importance than the number of minds. True synthesis is seldom self organized and/or sustainable but nature always seems to find a way. Its nice to think the collective “we” also have a chance. Keep typing my fellow chimps

Thanks you're a beautiful human the world needs more of you

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Woo hoo. Congratulations !!!!!

Mmmuah

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A nice idea BUT wouldn't that simply make humans a version of the Star Trek Borg species, i.e, it would probably take away our individuality to some extent, possibly a great extent.
And our Individuality IS one of major, if not, the most important attributes that we have because without it we are nothing but robots, are we not?
Yes, collective thinking would be an asset at times but, in my opinion, actually teaching people to use and utilise more than the mere 10% of their OWN brain capabilities would be far more beneficial.

The fact that everybody is so scared of virtual world taking over is bias influenced by a our fear.. we can't succeed without the differences cz our individual experiences matters and let's not forget the emotional intelligence is another contributor

Tangential to the point but it’s a myth that we only use 10% of our brains. I don’t remember exactly how that got started but it was either the fact that we only knew what 10% of the brain did early in last century, or the fact that you can only focus on actively using a small portion of it while the other majority of it is being used for data storage, and automatic bodily functions and sensation. I assure you we use all of it though. Some of us aren’t using it very well, but it’s still all operating to some extent.

@Wurlitzer Medically and Scientifically speaking here, we ONLY use 10% of our actual brain capacity and storage capabilities on the conscious level.
The human brain operates on numerous levels, one of them being the Autonomic Level or Autonomic Nervous System, such breathing, your heart operating, etc, etc, then there are the Conscious brain activities such as being awake and aware, reading, decision making, loading up information, etc, etc, then comes the Subconscious Level that activates mainly when we are sleeping, it sorts through, categorizes, correlates, etc, the information/data from the Conscious brain level and usually stores it for later reference, etc.
Then are such levels/areas as the Limbic System, etc, etc, the Sensory Regions/Levels and numerous others as well. most of these 'systems' operate automatically and often quite independently of each other without us ever knowing that they are doing so.

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Computer to brain interface is just the first step (that they are actively working on).

Directly linking human brains together is being actively studied...

[iflscience.com]

Tapping directly into someone’s brain in order to share thoughts isn’t just for Spock anymore. An international team of researchers were able to replicate the Vulcan Mind Meld by creating a device that allows two people to share information through thought. The researchers tested the technology by separating the users over 8,000 km (5,000 mi) apart—with one user in France and the other in India. The paper has been published in PLOS ONE.

camne Level 7 May 24, 2019

The final step is to manufacture brains in bio-labs, then link them, and finally dispense with inefficient individual brains is unstable bodies.

@Petter check the date on this one... What have they done since, behind closed doors?

Brain cells in a dish fly fighter plane
DAILY-NEWS 25 October 2004
By Celeste Biever

An array of rat brain cells has successfully flown a virtual F-22 fighter jet. The cells could one day become a more sophisticated replacement for the computers that control uncrewed aerial vehicles or, in the nearer future, form a test-bed for drugs against brain diseases such as epilepsy.

[newscientist.com]

@camne Very interesting article. I wonder how far the research has come in the subsequent 15 years!

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The human brain is the best example of evolution I know of, as we move through the structure of the brain we see how more primitive structures repurposed in order to make the brain more functional at the same time keeping the old functions in place in order to keep the creature viable there are many documentaries on the structure of the brain.
I consider this an important demonstration of evolution

Would love to watch it .. do you have a link or a title

@m16566 thanks will check tonight

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Think tanks....

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So what we would have from one point of view, would be another internet, except human minds instead of individual computers.

That could go really really good, or it could go really really bad but either way, I bet it would mostly be used for sex.

Wait a minute. Isn't your premise exactly what we're doing right now? Electronic internet is enabling the human internet to begin.

You're not too far.. except sex is a tool not a goal.. when we, humanity that is.. treat sex like anything else in life without making a big deal of it that's when we know how to tap to this network.. so far we're still struggling with this concept no matter how far we are in our intellect only a small percentage has achieved that normally..

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Good statement ... gives me food for thought.

SKH78 Level 8 May 24, 2019
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I like the idea of the Hegelian dialectic. You know how it goes- I say something, you say the opposite, the truth is somewhere in the mix. I don't know if Hegel factored stupid opinions into the mix. Maybe he did and he thought there weren't enough stupid opinions to wreck the theory. He might have been more optimistic than me because he probably entertained smarter company than most of us do.

We need to dare to think

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For sure my brain has a virus from all those free porn sites. You might want to leave me out of your network.

I'd rather the virus of porn than the virus of terrorism... in fact i hope you can bring all the porn minded viruses maybe we can achieve something beautiful

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Yes but who gets to be the one who is "right/the leader"

That's easy. It's me.

Does internet have a leader.. we afte evolved beyond the need for leaders.. kirst think of the religion <=>morality correlation that people keep using against atheists.

@Neenz I think most people don't have enough of self confidence to be able to function without leaders, that is why so many are going to church.

@Jolanta that i agree edith 100 %

No single cell is in charge of your brain, your brain has no leader. likewise a collective consciousness would not be many independent people, it would be for all intents and purposes, a single entity.

@Happy_Killbot when wer evolve our language and ability to communicate becomes easier also work our history developed civilization we will value the beauty of our nature.. automation virtually will be running our infra structure and wer well be busy building our life and grow further than what have accomplished over the past 5000 years
Just the leap from 1950 til 2000 them from there to now... is crasy which shows how powerful the exponential factor in Orr development over time..

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In a way, that's what the network provides for all of us. The hability to share ideas, thoughts, knowledge. Our brains are now linked through technology.

Exactly.. we just need a little push

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Ok friends.. calm down .. i love you ... just indulge me for bit... ignore the negative aspect of this thought cz we all know about them and how bad they can be.. i want you to just dare to contemplate the idea ..

Neenz Level 7 May 24, 2019

@Bobby9 I'm signing up just to cancel you out.

@Casey07 you're the majority of many.. negative feelings don't help make anything better they only stop us from trying.. so it is beautiful to cheerful people for a change🙂

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It tis a thought that we would like to see work but in reality with todays attitudes,,good go opposite way also

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Would you like to be treated as an ant. Ant colonies behave in a networked fashion, remember.

Treated by who

Using your analogy..
If i choose between being a member of an ant colony or a sheep in a herd .. can you goes what i would pick..

Bees too, and trees !

@Neenz Sheep are not networked. Ants are - in a pheromone based net.

@Neenz I choose to be the ram.

@Petter well it's a good thing to be an ant in this case.

@Paul4747 rams outside technology afte not really useful lol

@Neenz As I understand it, they're the leaders.

@Paul4747 ok if you'd rather take that rout. I still support you xx

I hope ants never get red-pilled.

As do the cells in your body. As do the proteins in your cells. As do the amino acids in your proteins. As do the atoms and molecules in your amino acids.

You are a holon. Made up of other holons. All of life is a network.

In fact networking is one of the key features of life. All life flows through all other life. This happens physically as well as mentally as well as spiritually. if you have a problem with the word spiritually in that last sentence substitute the word emotionally instead if it suits you.

@Metahuman
Thanks .. and I'm not only one who thinks symposium.. we just need to find a way to achieve it and we're not too far.. a little change the angle if our view.. it's right under our nose

@Neenz yuperoooni

@Neenz ,
are you on amphetamines? i don't quibble with grammar but most of your replies seem to be typed with reckless abandon & require the reader to almost look for a code.

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