[qubax]

> We already do that with our voices....

But that requires one side speaking. If they refuse to speak, then we can't know their thoughts. And people can also tell lies with their voices. Now if we could somehow interface directly with the brain...

Voice is like an API the person provides to others. Like twitter's API for users access data. But twitter can shut down the API or manipulate their API to show us what they want us to see. But imagine if you had direct link to their database?

[booleandilemma]

Something about putting it in technical terms like that made this idea 10x more unsettling.

[carapace]

People will just learn to lie with their brains.

[logfromblammo]

I would argue that this has already happened, and the evidence that eventually proves it will be truly horrifying.

Think about a person--someone you may already know well--that actually believes his own bullshit. Such a person armed with a brain-to-brain interface is an existential threat to objective reality.

[sizzle]

Sociopath brain?