A third of U.S. adults in a recent Pew Research Center survey said they'd be "enthusiastic" about a brain chip to enhance their thinking power.
The survey of 4,726 adults examined public attitudes about three emerging technologies that could improve a person's health, cognitive ability or physical capacity.
Responses showed that a majority of American adults are uneasy, or "worried" about all three. But in all three cases, at least a third of respondents were "enthusiastic."
--Using implanted brain chips to boost our thinking power: 69 percent worried vs. 34 percent enthusiastic.
--Editing the genes of babies to eliminate hereditary flaws and diseases: 68 percent worried vs. 49 percent enthusiastic.
--Transfusing synthetic blood to give people much greater speed, strength and stamina: 63 percent worried vs. 36 percent enthusiastic.
With the frequency of computers crashing or viruses targeting them, I hope this technology is a ways off in the future. Just making self driving cars are proving to be very difficult. Although it would make taking tests obsolete, as everyone could probably connect to the internet in some way. But I will not be the first to volunteer if this happens. @nkdk always putting up interesting news!
Thank you
Good luck, America
deep inside of me i want to believe that this is a joke...but unfortunately it is not...