Scientists demonstrate Matrix-like learning without any effort

This is downright scary.

From the article:

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New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort. It's the kind of thing seen in Hollywood's "Matrix" franchise…

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All of a sudden, the premise of the movie 'Inception' seems to kinda, sorta be becoming a reality.

On the positive side, if we can imbue babies with this, we can hyper-accelerate the advancement of humanity, and create a whole new generation of super-intelligent humans, each generation bursting forth with ALL of the stored knowledge of humanity at his/her fingertips!

In the process, we would go from being being just sapient to becoming....Homo Superior! 

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