Scientists have made a major breakthrough in brain-networking technology, linking animals together to allow them to solve problems collaboratively. It may sound like science fiction, but this is real research that’s turning up real results. One experiment linked together the brains of three monkeys, allowing them to jointly control an avatar arm. A second experiment connected the brains of four rats, enabling them to solve a weather forecasting problem together that they struggled to solve individually. Neuroethics researcher Anders Sandberg told The Guardian that this work is the most convincing demonstration yet that brains can be wired together for direct communication. “People have claimed digital telepathy...
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