Practical Telepathy: The Science & Engineering of Mind-Reading

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Practical Telepathy
John Ashmead

You must remember
this
• A brief history of
telepathy
• Mind is what brain
does
• What is
“telepathy”?

A brief history of
Telepathy
• Mentalism
• Slan
• Rhine
• Side-band information

Mentalism
• Cartesian Dualism
• Cotard’s Syndrome
• What we are not
conscious of is what
is most important

Slan
• Like a broad
band receiver
• Tendrils (like
antennae)
• Scares
neighbors

Rhine & Zener cards

Smile when you say
that!
• Micro expressions
• Reﬂection of light from
face
• Is this telepathy?

Mind is what brain
does
• Phrenology
• Spike in the head
• Neurology
• The Penﬁeld homonculus

Things that go Bump
in the Head
• Phrenology
• Steam-powered
brains
• One lobe/one
function?

Spike in the head
• Iron bar rammed
thru his head
• Didn’t kill
• But made a
profound change
in behavior

Neurology
• The Man who
mistook his Wife for a
Hat
• Savants
• Strange correlations:
lost colors, except
green
• Tourette’s

Penfield’s
Homunculus

what is “Telepathy”?
• Extrasensory
perception?
• Or merely
unexpected
perception?
whatis
telepathy?

Present
• Telescopes into the
mind
• A Team of Rivals
• Wide-open two way

Telescopes into the
Mind
• Functional Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
• Electroencephalogram
• Many others

Functional MRI
• Monitor oxygen
ﬂow to neurons
• Let’s you see the
dynamics
• But a bit slow
compared to speed
of thought

Electroencephalogram
• Good time
resolution
• Poor space
resolution
• Inexpensive
• Mobile

Neuroimaging
• CAT scans - 3D X-rays
• PET scans - use positions — basically antimatter
• TMS - trans-cranial magnetic stimulation
• Good old fashioned electric probes — in operations for
epilepsy
• Cranial ultrasound — mostly for infants
• …

Team of Rivals
• The impossible fast ball
• Emergent consciousness
• Advanced loopiness
• Prediction machine
• Thinking fast & slow

The impossibility of
hitting a Fast ball
• 400 ms to plate
• 500 ms to plan
response

Emergent
Consciousness
• 100 billion
neurons
• 10000 synapses
per neuron
• Hunh?

Advanced Loopiness
• Self-modifying
code
• Turning oneself
into a high
performing robot
• Robot is good

Prediction machine
• Realtime
categorization
• Preferably using
automated learning

Thinking
fast & slow
• Instinct
• Reason
• Reason gets
a veto

Wide Open
Two Way
• Reading thoughts
• Prostheses
• Chips in the brain
• Video-taping dreams
• Two way mind to mind
communication

Hawking/Reading
Thoughts
• Predictive
• Latest
version is
monitoring
his brain
waves

Sight for the Blind,
movement for Paralyzed
• BCI - Brain Computer
Interface
• Bypass nerve damage
• Speciﬁc to patient

Dream Video
• Memories are
not video
• Can monitor,
interpret,
• and then
recreate
• But very
speciﬁc
• http://
gallantlab.org

Rat Telepathy
• One rat get the
information
• The other rat is
connected by
electrodes
• And can use that
information

Mind the Gap
• What doors does
this open?
• What could
possibly go
wrong?
• How do we
manage our
minds?

What doors
will this open?
• Communication &
Cooperation
• Biofeedback
• Theory of mind

Communication &
Cooperation
• Augmented reality
• Extended self
• Communicating
with “locked-in”
people
• New forms of
cooperation

Biofeedback

Theory of mind
• Imitation
is the
ultimate
test
• Is there a
them
there?

What could possibly
go wrong?
• Listening
• The Knife of Letting Go
• Crosstalk

Listening
• Inject carbon
nanotubes into spinal
cord
• Sell tech to CIA
• Agree to continuous
monitoring
• Plan to apply to all

• The Noise
• Listening to your
dog
• Escaping your
enemies?

Crosstalk
• EED - emotion
sharing surgery
• Sounds great
• Complications
ensue

Mind Mgmt
• The knowledge
illusion
• Trinity
• 11 dimensions of the
mind

Knowledge illusion
• We much less than
we think we do
• Extended minds
• Doing this a bit
better, going
forwards

Turning the mind
inside out

Parting
Thoughts
• The Future of the Mind
- Kaku
• Thinking Fast & Slow -
Hahnemann
• Your brain is a time
machine - Buonomano
• Incognito - Eagleman
• The Knowledge Illusion
- Sloman & Fernbach

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