Are you smarter than the average Cyborg? No? Just wait 5 years.
Northwestern University neuroscientist professor, Dr. Moran Cerf is working on a brain chip that could...you guessed it...make people a lot smarter.
How smart, you ask? Very, very smart when you consider the average IQ runs about 100 points and a genius IQ begins at 140 and tops out at about 160. A smart chip would double what you've already got, creating a race of super-intelligent beings.
Sounds like sci-fi, but approximately 40,000 people in the United States already have smart chips in their heads. And while those brain implants are only approved for medical use right now, how long before these chips go mainstream to those who can afford it?
Dr. Cerf is collaborating with Silicon Valley big wigs, but says Facebook, Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are all getting into the brain-computer biz.
"Everyone is spending a lot of time right now trying to find ways to get things into the brain without drilling a hole in your skull," he said.
For instance, "Can you eat something that will actually get to your brain? Can you eat things in parts that will assemble inside your head?"
According to the Professor it's only a matter of time. In as little as 5 years, men and women will be able to pay to increase their intelligence. But is that really a good thing?
"This is no longer a science problem. This is a social problem," Cerf warned. Once a chip is implanted, "they can make money by just thinking about the right investments, and we cannot; so they're going to get richer, they're going to get healthier, they're going to live longer," he predicts.
"Are they going to say, 'Look at this cute human, Steven Hawking. He can do differential equations in his mind, just like a little baby with 160 IQ points. Isn't it amazing? So cute. Now let's put it back in a cage and give it bananas," Cerf said.
Apparently the good Professor is worried about creating yet another 'gap' in society on top of the existing gender, racial, economic and political ones that are already tearing society apart. You'd think with all the brain power working on these chips, they could figure out that adding a super-intelligence gap might not be such a smart idea.
A wise man once said: "Given the Utopian promises, as well as the exciting prospect of participating in such revolutionary change, look for the trans-humanist movement to gain in popularity as we approach the Second Coming of Jesus Christ." -- Britt Gillette, founder of End Time Bible Prophecy
"But as for you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase" (Daniel 12:4).
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding" (Proverbs 9:10).
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