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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I also was able to read the article after dismissing the popup and clicking the read the article button. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A lot of the content of the article is highly speculative, given the primitive state of brain research right now. The fact is, no tech now available or on the horizon can decode human thoughts, let alone change them. Memories are not understood well enough to know whether selectively erasing one or some of them is even possible. The human brain does not handle memory the way computers do it. And storage in the human brain is not a literal recording of perceived stimuli in exact chronological order at set locations.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So I am not at all worried about someone forcing me to have my memory retained or erased. And it will be a long, long time if ever before any police department or court of law can interrogate anyone's thoughts or intentions directly. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Making laws without knowing what the tech will look like is way premature at this time. And any discussion of this topic belongs in the category of Science Fiction at this time. Though, a general statement of a doctrine of the inalienable human right to freedom of thought should be under consideration right now. That debate is long overdue. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Like ChatGPT and other very limited AI,this new tech is being vastly overhyped. If you want to know whether you can trust what an "expert" says publicly, look at what they are trying to sell now. This expert is selling a book; others are selling half-baked or raw tech toys. Meta is selling its version of immersive VR hardware and services. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Frankly at this point, I am totally not impressed. And totally not afraid of this new tech. This is not science so far; these are just the newest expensive toys and entertainment services. Any other claims would be fraudulent at this point. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 09:10:38 PM EDT, Drew King (dking65@kingconsulting.us) <dking65@kingconsulting.us> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0793634024"><div><div>Hmm,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You are using a galaxy tab s8+<br clear="none">I'm using a Galaxy tab s7+<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I did get a pop-up window with an opportunity to subscribe. Only in the upper left-hand corner was a close button, and then I was able to read the whole article.. I think that the Boston globe will limit your reading ability to a few articles per month..<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Drew </div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv0793634024yqt86134" class="yiv0793634024yqt0338613749"><div class="yiv0793634024gmail_quote"><div>On March 19, 2023 8:46:08 PM EDT, David Lees <joeoptics@gmail.com> wrote:</div><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv0793634024gmail_quote">
<div><div>Peter,<div>You might want to summarize, because I don't think people without a paid Globe subscription can read it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>David Lees <br clear="none">Tab S8+</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0793634024gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv0793634024gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:31 PM <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:palbin24@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:palbin24@yahoo.com">palbin24@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv0793634024gmail_quote"><br clear="none">
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