Scientists Achieve Mental Body-Swapping 297
SpaceAdmiral notes the news that scientists have succeeded in convincing experiment subjects that a mannequin's body is their own, and even feeling at home in the body of someone of the opposite sex. The effect could prove useful in virtual reality applications and in robot technology. Here's the paper on PLoS ONE.
Re:Ghost in the Shell (Score:5, Funny)
/cry
Please don't introduce thoughts like this into my brain when talking about hot female characters... I'll never be able to look at her the same way again!
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, good news! You've succeeded!
Amazing waste of time and money (Score:5, Funny)
So I'm gay, get over it.
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, good news! You've succeeded!
I think we're on to something!
Tomorrow's headline:
Article misrepresenting "mental body swapping" leads to mental body swapping!
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:5, Funny)
After reading the article they were just simultaneously poking people with sticks...
One experiment involved using the researchers themselves. Another experiment used mannequins found in the dumpster behind a department store. They also mention using chairs and blocks of wood as test equipment. Is it just me, or does it sound like scientific research in Sweden is ridiculously underfunded?
Aperture Science (Score:5, Funny)
No hope for test subjects who over-identify with Weighted Companion Cube.
Re:From the 'put-body-out-of-mind' department... (Score:2, Funny)
I suppose out of body experiences are sort of like brain malfunctions. Perhaps fun if you experience one in the right state of mind (like really good weed). This might make an awesome VR game. Just 'a thought.'
=Smidge=
To be honest, I'd rather actually consume some really good weed than simulate it.
Re:Ghost in the Shell (Score:4, Funny)
You *could* just admit you didn't understand it rather than whining about it.
Over-reaching headline (Score:5, Funny)
"Scientist successfully places human brain in Ape"
"Safe and inexpensive teleportation now available"
Re:We're Almost There! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:2, Funny)
After a few seconds, your brain "clicks" and you feel like you have an incredibly long nose.
Just imagine the profitability of the pr0n applications of this technology!
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:5, Funny)
You just gave "Reach Around" a whole new meaning in my mental dictionary.
Thanks!
Implications for pornography and prostitution (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ghost in the Shell (Score:5, Funny)
I do understand it.
The problem is that it makes no sense,
Lol.
Do you have that on a T-shirt?
You could make a fortune selling them if you got Paris Hilton to model one.
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:3, Funny)
The one I have done involves sitting behind someone, eyes closed, and having your nose stroked (by a third party) while you stroke someone else's nose in front of you. After a few seconds, your brain "clicks" and you feel like you have an incredibly long nose. This is because of the feedback loop where your brain feels something on your nose and your finger simultaneously, and your mental body image just changes instantly.
Are you sure it was a nose you were stroking?
Re:Malkovich (Score:2, Funny)
I don't know about any test, but I've ended inexplicably on the NJ turnpike more than once.
But that was when I lived in NJ, so it's not as farfetched as it might at first sound.
Re:Quite a letdown... (Score:5, Funny)
The one I have done involves sitting behind someone, eyes closed, and having your nose stroked (by a third party) while you stroke someone else's nose in front of you. After a few seconds, your brain "clicks" and you feel like you have an incredibly long nose.
Now I know what to do to feel like I have an incredibly long penis. But I'm not quite sure if it's worth it.