• Question: will we ever be able to read people's minds

    Asked by eleanorjansen to Nuala on 28 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by wiki19065.
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      Nuala Carson answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      hey eleanorjansen,

      I dont think we will be able to look at someone and know exactly what they are thinking. I think that is too far outside our reaches but we are actually able to read people minds but only very slightly. Have you ever heard of ‘locked in syndrome’? Well sometimes a person can be completely paralyzed and they can only blink. Scientists have been able to read the paralyzed patients brain waves but what you can find out is really limited. They can only ask yes or no questions but it gives the patient a way of communicating with their family.

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