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If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by spuz »

econ wrote: post #55
bamboozled wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any actual science behind binaural beats? They do nothing in my experience…

There use to be one Google video (out of many) that would completely fix my migraine in 3 minutes. Used it about 200 times for that. Hangovers, lack of sleep and spontaneous headaches. At other times it just gave great clarity, very refreshing regardless of the time of day. I didn't use headphones. I had the link at the top of my blog menu. It was that important. When Google video shut down I forgot to download it. C…

Did you ever find the video again or another like it?

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by xattt »

andrewflnr wrote: post #15

This feels just north of conspiracy theory logic. It's proven that humans can just barely sense large-scale magnetic fields, so how about if they can also sense extremely finely detailed fields in a way that solves long-standing philosophical and medical problems? Here are some supporting coincidences that have any number of alternate explanations, but it would sure be cool if this whole tower of conjecture was true,…

There was a comment years/decades ago on slashdot about someone walking under a malfunctioning ceiling-hung security CRT TV, and feeling like they were hit on the head when they walked under it. The assumption was that the TV had an abnormally large magnetic field (or the person was particularly sensitive).

I’ve tried to replicate it, but my chances have become slim-to-none with CRTs going out of fashion.

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by skeledrew »

bamboozled wrote: post #36
RobotToaster wrote: post #28

Reminds me of a study I read once on binaural beats[0], that found the effect disappeared when they used pneumatic (non-magnetic) headphones. [0]the theory that playing a different tone in each ear, that when superpositioned by the brain to produce a low frequency, would entrain the brainwave frequency to the modulated frequency.

Is there any actual science behind binaural beats? They do nothing in my experience…

I successfully used it during college (over 10 years ago) to regulate my general brain state, particularly at deadlines. I mainly used beats to maintain focus, trigger creativity/reflection and for power naps. Got me through some tough times.

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by skeledrew »

econ wrote: post #55
bamboozled wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any actual science behind binaural beats? They do nothing in my experience…

There use to be one Google video (out of many) that would completely fix my migraine in 3 minutes. Used it about 200 times for that. Hangovers, lack of sleep and spontaneous headaches. At other times it just gave great clarity, very refreshing regardless of the time of day. I didn't use headphones. I had the link at the top of my blog menu. It was that important. When Google video shut down I forgot to download it. C…

> Also didn't understand how I wasn't negativity affected like him.

It's very possible that even though everyone's brains are built from the same template, each brain is tuned uniquely, leading to different processing of the same stimuli (and conversely, perhaps similar processing of different stimuli) in various cases. The thought experiment that comes to mind is the possibility of 2 persons looking at objects of a particular colour, and agreeing for example that the colour is "red", but internally their brains are actually receiving different signals; it's the common language which makes it possible to share similar experiences.

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

skeledrew wrote: post #63
bamboozled wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any actual science behind binaural beats? They do nothing in my experience…

I successfully used it during college (over 10 years ago) to regulate my general brain state, particularly at deadlines. I mainly used beats to maintain focus, trigger creativity/reflection and for power naps. Got me through some tough times.

How can you tell it is not a placebo? I guess it's just weird for me to think that it seems to do absolutely nothing to me, yet some people claim effects?

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

krackers wrote: post #2

Hmm this leads me to recall a bunch of ancient pseudoscientific sounding beliefs and see whether or not they might be plausibly explained by this mechanism: * Is it possible for humans to get a vague impression of other humans' thoughts via this mechanism? Not via body language, but "telepathy" (it'd obviously only work over very short ranges). If it is possible, maybe it is what some people supposedly feel as "auras…

> * Is it possible for humans to get a vague impression of other humans' thoughts via this mechanism? Not via body language, but "telepathy" (it'd obviously only work over very short ranges). If it is possible, maybe it is what some people supposedly feel as "auras"

If any of it was possible, it would be easily scientifically provable by very simple experiments. The fact that it hasn't been proven while people would have very high motivations to prove it, suggests it's very probably not happening.

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by skeledrew »

andrewflnr wrote: post #15

This feels just north of conspiracy theory logic. It's proven that humans can just barely sense large-scale magnetic fields, so how about if they can also sense extremely finely detailed fields in a way that solves long-standing philosophical and medical problems? Here are some supporting coincidences that have any number of alternate explanations, but it would sure be cool if this whole tower of conjecture was true,…

It does sound pretty fantastic. What parts in particular to you find invalid, and why?

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by embedding-shape »

skeledrew wrote: post #63
bamboozled wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any actual science behind binaural beats? They do nothing in my experience…

I successfully used it during college (over 10 years ago) to regulate my general brain state, particularly at deadlines. I mainly used beats to maintain focus, trigger creativity/reflection and for power naps. Got me through some tough times.

I did the same thing around 20 years ago, but with just drum and bass, nothing "binaural" about it. Might work any genre of music, as long as you like it :) YMMV

Re: If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why wouldn't the brain?

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Post by Lapsa »

catoc wrote: post #48
Lapsa wrote: post #41

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tinfoil hat does NOT help with that. field tested

It works, weber you like it or not (⌐⊙_⊙) (Slightly more seriously, the diamagnetic properties of Sn would in actuality very much interfere with the B1 field modulation of the (f)MRI sequence; and disturb the local B0 homogeneity; and thus disturb the experimental results. Although that was of course not what I meant when initially responding)

I'm getting blasted with (most likely) microwave auditory effect audio messages - tinfoil hat does not help
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