Do-It-Yourself Brain Stimulation Has Scientists Worried 311
Freshly Exhumed writes "Dave Siever always fancied himself as something of a musician, but also realized he did not necessarily sing or play in perfect key. Then he strapped on the electrodes of a device made by his Edmonton company, and zapped his brain's auditory cortex with a mild dose of electricity. The result, he claims, was a dramatic improvement in his ability to hear pitch, including the sour notes he produced himself. 'Now I tune everything and I practise my singing over and over and over again, because I'm more sensitive to it.' Mr. Siever was not under the supervision of a doctor or psychologist, and nor is he one himself. He is part of an extraordinary trend that has amateur enthusiasts excited, and some scientists deeply nervous: do-it-yourself brain stimulation." With studies suggesting that small doses of electricity can: increase your memory, help you learn new tasks, make you better at math, turn you into a sniper in minutes, and most importantly make the ugly seem attractive, we can expect a lot of brain zapping in the next few years.
Re:Which part of the brain do you need to zap to (Score:5, Funny)
Thread done in two. Everyone can go home now.
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we can also expect... (Score:5, Funny)
An increase in vegetables in the next few years as well.
Re:Will it also (Score:5, Funny)
Doesn't look like it.
also, you will go blind. (Score:3, Funny)
not to mention growing hairy palms.
Scientists HATE Him! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Which part of the brain do you need to zap to (Score:5, Funny)
experience an orgasm?
With my 'previous' girlfriend? The visual cortex. Man was she ugly.
Re:Which part of the brain do you need to zap to (Score:2, Funny)
All the furry sex was a lot creepier than the wire-head garbage. Those books were terrible.
Re:we can also expect... (Score:4, Funny)
"An increase in vegetables in the next few years as well."
"What a load of BS. Look, all you have to do is stick these things to your forehead and flip this little chromium sw... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZTTT. Huh? Wut?"
Re:Which part of the brain do you need to zap to (Score:4, Funny)
"stimulating electrodes are placed in the spinal canal via a needle inserted between the appropriate vertebrae in parallel with the spinal cord. The electrodes are connected to a power source"
I'll wait for strap-on version.
Re:Republicans should "go for it" (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget their irrational loathing of homosexuality.
But the GOP fear of homosexuals is demonstrably NOT irrational. If homosexuals had their way, no GOP would ever get elected.