Mind reading

Lol, that's just hilarious 1.61803. Err, you know, it's odd calling you that. How about GR? Or maybe Phi? Ratio? Any prefs? (;As to the subject at hand, I don't see why something like this should be impossible by any means. We know what produces our thoughts and handles our sense, we just haven't fully understood it yet. There have been other things that seemed infinitely complex that we have eventually mastered (nanotechnology, space travel, different biological things such as mutations, cloning, and medications), so why should this be so different?Now, as to whether or not it would catch on, I have my doubts. There would be far too many skeptics and opponents of such an idea, for the simple fact that is it a scary and complex idea. You never know, though.

All very interesting, no doubt. This is why I rather enjoy being agnostic as opposed to atheist...lots of fun stuff to think about .I still think mind reading is quite possible. Just because something is complex doesn't mean we can't eventually figure it out. I don't want to start a debate or anything, but I was just curious about something. Do you have any ideas as to some sort of mechanism of the mind that we could never be able to figure out or access? I mean, something that we just can't explain through physical means? That's the only type of thing I can see as being a solid wall in the progression of such science.Edit: Just wanted to clarify that the last part I wrote was directed towards Phi, though anyone's comments would surely be welcome.This message has been edited by Glordag, 07-22-2004 04:30 AM

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Personally, I think that people do not take seriously enough the arguments advanced by the likes of J.R. Lucas, Roger Penrose, David Chalmers et al that use the halting problem/Gdel Incompleteness to substantiate the non-computability of consciousness.

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Can you give me any websites or books to read on that subject? It seems pretty interesting, and I'd like to read up on it and see if my view changes at all. Note that I wouldn't be going into it very biased, as I can most certainly see the possibility of something like this being impossible. I merely do not see anything that would prevent us from accomplishing it at this point, so I am forced to believe it is possible. I suppose there's a little bit of faith/hope in science there, too .BTW...nice frog joke lol.