On Dec 14, 2007 9:07 AM, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just to be clear: I am sure that mindreading technology is coming, > it's your relative > timing estimate that perplexes me... Wasn't me that said it, but... If we define "mindreading" as knowing whether someone is telling the truth, whether someone likes you, or is sexually attracted to you, or recognizes you; knowing whether someone is paying attention; knowing whether someone is reasoning logically or being controlled by emotions - - And we stipulate that we only have to know this when the person is strapped down inside a giant MRI-type machine - Then mindreading is very near. Knowing someone's emotional and attitudinal state might not seem like mindreading to you. But most of our actions are based on emotions and attitudes, not on reasoning. This kind of mindreading might tell the mindreading people 80% (made-up figure) of what they want to know, that they could get with full "reading thoughts aloud" mindreading. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=78912384-90fc9d
