[arisbe__]

The trend of employing optogenetics and optogenetic-like functional tech to this problem I find frightening. And keep in mind "opto" isnt just visible light.

The other big idea (which the paper mentions) is the coupling of systems being sensed. For example in the medical research they now couple fMRI (bloodflow) with EGG (coarse firing activity) and also EGG with pulsed ultrasound neuromodulation. This is interesting because the metabolic process is almost a "mind if its own".

[etrautmann]

Why is this frightening? Because of the use of viral vectors or some implication of interfacing with the brain more effectively?