Editing Talk:FederalSpace:Technology (section)

== Psychology, neurology and the like ==

Ok, this is where things can get creepy.

Memetics & Social Engineering
Imagine the ability to craft an ad that would pretty much ''hook'' you on a deep level and you have to fight against to resist. That's what you're talking about. With memetics, you can get some nasty high powered ads. If you allow for say, low power and nearly ubiquitous fMRI machines (with a low range), the pitch men can tailor it for the best effect. Without it, you can study the effects of specific social techniques and look for the greatest effects.

Does this remove free will? No, but a person has to be aware they're being targeted. Otherwise, they will be influenced. For the removal of free will, see below.

Psychology and Neuropsychology
How detailed can it get? Given your rules of thumb, a fmri machine is at least semi-portable. This means they could relatively common. Now, if you allow for high powered computers to interpret results, you have a all but unbeatable lie detector. Its also probably a very powerful therapeutic tool. With it, they might be able to identify areas of trauma, and worse stimulate areas of the brain through transcranial magnetic stimulation. Unlock a memory, induce a hallucination, make 'em see God, or administer a temporary lobotomy. 

And that's the beginning... There are a host of books on this - from Peter Watts' '''Blindsight''', Cordelia Fine's '''A Mind of Its Own''', '''Kluge''' and most of Oliver Sacks' books. Look up on brain injury effects for some ideas and what could be done with them if they could be induced temporarily.

With patience (and a complete lack of ethics) you could implant memories. How? Good video, some drugs to induce a hypnopomp or hypnogogic state, and fmri assisted surgery to disconnect a person from his or her previous memories. Otherwise, want to induce amnesia for a specific memory its feasible. Or just make sure they can't remember what you did to them... Or they did... Trashing the process of transferring short term to long term along with other things can severely cripple an individual.

Alright, how widespread is this stuff? I imagine in the Federation, they restrict it. The OA may go all out. The Empire probably restricts it to themselves and the great houses. The Borg probably use it in ways that would scare anyone. The Romulans may hate it but study it to defend against it. And that's all I've got so far.

[[User:Pilgrim|Pilgrim]]

14:01, 27 February 2009 (PST) [http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/scientists-extract-images-directly-from-brain/ extracting a image from a brain.]

Apparently your link is broken.  Or at least my ISP doesn't connect to it.

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