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This immediately reminded me of Ghost in the Shell. It seems like this is something that could be used as a weapon. If so, I hope it's being properly protected. You used to have to have a pacemaker or epilepsly, but now everyone is vulnerable to hacking?

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Well, it does require electrodes to be implanted in the brain...

The body is basically zillions of electrodes wired to the brain. If we discover the patterns we could -in principle- induce them through vision, hearing or skin pulses. Binaural beats (aka "computer drugs") also come to mind.

After extensive testing of binaural beats over the years, I've concluded that, for me, they do basically nothing. Maybe some people's brains are more susceptible to outside influence though.

How did you come to this conclusion and what were you looking for?

not the same, brains are not a computer, you do not upload the beat to them.

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