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Well, my E. science teacher was saying that my future is going to be very different. He says that technology is becoming more disturbing to the point where it would soon be possible to use memory chips & download info to a human brain, it would make us geniuses BUT would take away our free will. Also, he said something about human DNA in a tiny gel chip or something, that they can use our DNA on technological machines and they can possibly get minds of their own. He says that with radio & some other material, that he can produce frequencies or something that can control our moods. It seems creepy. He also said that we are slowly being brainwashed by the things we read & do at school. Is this possible in the future? Will technology become a problem? He says a cause of crime is a shortage in work that doesn't require much education. Such as factory work- Done by machines, tolls EZ pass- Less toll workers, farming- technology takes away jobs. If thy want to make jobs, un-make some technology & many jobs will co
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In science, one can almost never say anything with 100% certainty. So I have to say this:
I am 99% sure, that you will not see, in your lifetime, a computer which can upload complex information into the human brain.
Many people who study it think it is actually impossible. But even if it possible, we don't have nearly a good enough grasp of 'brain code' yet, and how the brain stores and collects information, to even begin to build a computer that can speak in 'brain code' and upload information.
What we CAN do, and will probably be able to do in the next few decades is instruct computers FROM our brains, somewhat like we instruct keyboards with our fingers now. A few years ago, scientists in Germany, implanted a chip in monkeys that let the monkeys give a computer basic 'Up' 'Down''Left'and 'Right' instructions.
But the other way, with the computer telling our brain what to think or how to access information, is not on the horizon. At all. Period.
Honestly, you should consider talking to your VP about what your teacher is saying to you. Some of it is BASED on real science, but he is twisting it all around to make it horrifying when it really isn't. We are still at least a few decades away from being able to make a computer as powerful as the human mind (if that's even possible, which it may not be). Sound frequencies do affect people's mood (much like say, eating too much sugar can affect your mood!) but it's not brainwashing, and we've known that sound affects moods for almost a century now. That isn't new information.
People have always been afraid of technology, even when that technology was just the typewriter or a sewing machine, people feared it. Now we would laugh at those people, but even if they were right, we can't 'unmake' knowledge. That will simply never happen.
There are lots of things worth being afraid of! But you have to remember that these changes are going to happen slowly, and we will have a lot of time to address them. Jobs in the technological world is a real problem - but it can't be solved by pretending we are dumber than we are.
Take a look at this link to help you feel better and get a perspective on your teacher's silliness. In 1990 this article was written about what they predicted would have happened by 2000.
Some of the predictions include:
No Mosquitoes nor Flies.
Few drugs will be swallowed or taken into the stomach unless needed for the direct treatment of that organ itself. Drugs needed by the lungs, for instance, will be applied directly to those organs through the skin and flesh.
Peas as Large as Beets.
Some of the other predictions are a bit better, some even came true! But basically, your teacher is one of those dangerous people with a little bit of information, and a lot of imagination, who is making wild predictions. Even if he turns out to be right about it, he'll only have made a lucky guess, and much of what is said is just plain factually wrong.
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I find this interesting to read, because just today in my psychology class, I was reading an article on a topic much similar to this. Mind you, this book was created in 1994. The psychologist was talking about an old man and how he had been found to have a terminal illness, he only had six months to live. They then gave him an option, to upload his memory-- generally his brain(memories,personality,ect.ect.)- onto some kind of chip. And so, the old man would have his general "self"- but his body would be replaced with other sensors that connected to the brain. He explained that all our brains really do, is tell the rest of our body what to do and when to do it. They thought they can replace this with computer technology. Things like "microphones as ears, cyborg-goggles as eyes" (the normal things that decay, would then be replaced with fancy and surely indestructible junk) The man suggested technology like this would happen "In the year 20-something" or, "20 to 50 years from now"- That was 16 years ago. So are we moving closer to that goal we've predicted long ago? Truth is, no matter how close we get in this day- there's still many-MANY kinks to work out. Can we expect it to happen? It's possibly so. In the near future? Probably not. What does this suggest for humanity and our morals? Where do we stand, will we want it and do we have a choice? I'm sure I can try to explain it, but I really think it's important for you to form your own opinion on it.
We're a generation that's going to have a lot on our plates. Our decisions affect the future world. It's scary, but wouldn't you rather be in your hands, than someone else's? I will say that this society is becoming more and more brainwashed by the day. Granted we give in to trends, listen to the media and believe a lot of superficial garbage. But that's simply the human reaction to change. Can there be some good and bad within all of these things? Of course! Are we growing more and more lazy? Clearly. If machines ran our world, everything would be done for us, and essentially we wouldn't need to exist. That is, unless we ourselves become machines. Don't let your teacher scare you though, a lot of things will do some good as well. In my eyes, best move forward than back, or at stalemate with nothing helping us. We can't predict the future :P. But it's ours, and we can turn it into anything we want! Which is why it's so important to make sure we've got the right idea's to benefit us. It's just a matter of choice, we've all got it!
I hope I shed some light on this, or gave you a different perspective at least :}!
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