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LastTomorrow
07/31/19 10:05:22 PM
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Someone is trans? Rewrite the brain to the body of their birth.
You're not obeying? Rewrite
Don't like Disney? Rewrite
You like the same-sex? Rewrite

I mean what's stopping someone from harnessing that power

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Mist_Turnips
07/31/19 10:09:11 PM
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I would rewrite everyone into Keanu Reeves
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COVxy
07/31/19 10:13:57 PM
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Because the brain isn't a general computer.
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boxington
07/31/19 10:16:08 PM
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even if it was possible, there'd be a lot of ethical concerns to consider.
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Complete_Idi0t
07/31/19 10:17:35 PM
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They already did. It's called advertising.
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Sonic Cannon
07/31/19 10:18:18 PM
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LastTomorrow posted...
mean what's stopping someone from harnessing that power


The main barrier is our massive lack of understanding of how the brain works.
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IHeartRadiation
07/31/19 10:45:52 PM
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What makes you think that would exist in a world where there's people who put juice on cereal?

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SquirrelyDan
07/31/19 10:48:10 PM
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Sonic Cannon posted...
LastTomorrow posted...
mean what's stopping someone from harnessing that power


The main barrier is our massive lack of understanding of how the brain works.

They rewrote this guy to believe this.
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-Cipher-
07/31/19 10:51:55 PM
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Who says they haven't? We might all have had our memories rewritten for all we know.
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SquirrelyDan
08/01/19 6:03:46 PM
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-Cipher- posted...
Who says they haven't? We might all have had our memories rewritten for all we know.

The devs can just patch in whatever behavioral patterns they want us to obey. No need to rewrite all our minds.
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