Well, we can already use fMRI (maybe EEG as well) or PET scan to read the structure of people's thoughts. And researchers already have done BrainNet, A Multi-Person Brain-to-Brain Interface https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08632
Science doesn't stay still. Given these it is no surprise that lay person think that this is possible.
Science doesn't stay still. Given these it is no surprise that lay person think that this is possible.