Comments on: Can magnets make you lie? http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: liquidstar http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1231406 liquidstar Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1231406 Is it stranger to be made to lie or be made to experience god? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YPOTaUyvA0 Is it stranger to be made to lie or be made to experience god?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YPOTaUyvA0

]]> By: Citizen Sofa http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1230630 Citizen Sofa Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1230630 Maybe "Interrupting Neural Activity" has many many other effects too? In the brain or any other part of the BCN. Like giving you one hell of a headache maybe?.. Or a twinge?..Or a burst fuse?...or making you need a battery change?... or making you swear?...er..the possibilities could be endless here!....:) Maybe “Interrupting Neural Activity” has many many other effects too? In the brain or any other part of the BCN. Like giving you one hell of a headache maybe?.. Or a twinge?..Or a burst fuse?…or making you need a battery change?… or making you swear?…er..the possibilities could be endless here!….:)

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1229350 ill lich Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1229350 How do I know the authors of this study didn't have magnets attached to their skulls? How do I know the authors of this study didn’t have magnets attached to their skulls?

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1229336 Dewi Morgan Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1229336 Robots make you sing folk songs? Like what? Ro, ro, ro the bot, Gently drown in C, Merrily merrily merrily merrily, "Life" is but a string. Robots make you sing folk songs? Like what?

Ro, ro, ro the bot,
Gently drown in C,
Merrily merrily merrily merrily,
“Life” is but a string.

]]> By: onepieceman http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1229143 onepieceman Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1229143 So let me get this straight. It's possible to mess with a brain and alter its behaviour? So let me get this straight. It’s possible to mess with a brain and alter its behaviour?

]]> By: Shawn H Corey http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1229034 Shawn H Corey Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1229034 http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

]]> By: Mauro Tamm http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228850 Mauro Tamm Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228850 "Fucking Estonians, how do they work?"I dont know how i work...im like a magnet i guess. “Fucking Estonians, how do they work?”I dont know how i work…im like a magnet i guess.

]]> By: Philippa Dunjay http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228842 Philippa Dunjay Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228842 Wasn't there a study recently on how magentic fields affect your ability to pass moral judgements? Wasn’t there a study recently on how magentic fields affect your ability to pass moral judgements?

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228817 robuluz Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228817 Fucking Mag..... oh, right. Fucking Mag….. oh, right.

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228770 Palomino Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228770 I don't own a single magnet.  I don’t own a single magnet. 

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228752 Guest Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228752 The answer to both of your questions, and the best way to address your closing thought, is to <b>RTFA</b>. The answer to both of your questions, and the best way to address your closing thought, is to RTFA.

]]> By: stealthisbook http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228585 stealthisbook Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228585 I wonder if this might call into question some of the experimental results from MRIs. When subjects are asked to think of something or perform a task while undergoing an MRI in order to induce activity in a part of the brain, what happens when they are prone to deception due to the big honking magnets? Is this effect something that acts only on speech? Does the effect change the perception of the subject, or the intention-- do they feel that they are telling the truth either way? Definitely something that would be interesting to follow up I wonder if this might call into question some of the experimental results from MRIs. When subjects are asked to think of something or perform a task while undergoing an MRI in order to induce activity in a part of the brain, what happens when they are prone to deception due to the big honking magnets? Is this effect something that acts only on speech? Does the effect change the perception of the subject, or the intention– do they feel that they are telling the truth either way?

Definitely something that would be interesting to follow up

]]> By: Zippy http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228472 Zippy Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228472 I thought  magnets make you sing folk songs oh wait, that's robots... I thought  magnets make you sing folk songs

oh wait, that’s robots…

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228459 bcsizemo Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228459 Now when are the DoD contractors going to start working on a weaponized version that can render a person incapacitated (stunned, dizzy, temporary blindness, the list goes on)? Now when are the DoD contractors going to start working on a weaponized version that can render a person incapacitated (stunned, dizzy, temporary blindness, the list goes on)?

]]> By: Tim Quinn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228458 Tim Quinn Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228458 Not a lie if you are given permission. A truer analysis would be that if you are given the choice to be correct or not and someone disrupts your brain process you will be slightly more likely to take the easier route and just guess than try to figure out what is going on. Not a lie if you are given permission. A truer analysis would be that if you are given the choice to be correct or not and someone disrupts your brain process you will be slightly more likely to take the easier route and just guess than try to figure out what is going on.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228443 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228443 Fine. <i>Fucking Estonians, how do they work?</i> Fine.

Fucking Estonians, how do they work?

]]> By: James Kimbell http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228435 James Kimbell Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228435 The article beat you both to it. The article beat you both to it.

]]> By: SonOfSamSeaborn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228430 SonOfSamSeaborn Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228430 Inevitable, but I'm still pissed off that you beat me to it. Inevitable, but I’m still pissed off that you beat me to it.

]]> By: uriaha http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228422 uriaha Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228422 The results become decidedly less weird when you change the headline to "Interrupting neural activity in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex reduces participants' tendencies to lie." Of course, that then makes the headline decidedly less catchy. The results become decidedly less weird when you change the headline to “Interrupting neural activity in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex reduces participants’ tendencies to lie.” Of course, that then makes the headline decidedly less catchy.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228414 Jim Saul Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228414 There are several other groups working with transcranial magnetic stimulation, and some jaw-dropping results in seemingly enhancing certain task potentials by temporarily shutting down other parts of the brain. On the other hand, I have to assume there are other experiments in these technologies and others, that we'll never know about. Some dark things have to have been going on in the oubliettes that contractors created in those hearts of darkness.  Once they cross the line on waterboarding, why would they balk at more promising, and seemingly less traumatic, ways to shut down resistance to interrogation?  Of course, the subjects can never surface again. There are several other groups working with transcranial magnetic stimulation, and some jaw-dropping results in seemingly enhancing certain task potentials by temporarily shutting down other parts of the brain.

On the other hand, I have to assume there are other experiments in these technologies and others, that we’ll never know about. Some dark things have to have been going on in the oubliettes that contractors created in those hearts of darkness.  Once they cross the line on waterboarding, why would they balk at more promising, and seemingly less traumatic, ways to shut down resistance to interrogation?  Of course, the subjects can never surface again.

]]> By: jcostantino http://boingboing.net/2011/09/28/can-magnets-make-you-lie.html#comment-1228408 jcostantino Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=120807#comment-1228408 Fucking magnets... how DO they work? Fucking magnets… how DO they work?

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