Will_Newsome comments on Intelligence Amplification Open Thread - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2010 08:39AM

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2010 11:18:31PM *  5 points [-]

God helmet. More info here where it's sold for $650. Kooky or credible or both?

Also, anyone know where to buy transcranial magnetic stimulation devices? Closest I found was this without an easily findable price tag. If not, do any engineers know if they'd be difficult to build?

I found a place that does TMS sessions in Berkeley that treat depression. Website here. I'll do more research to figure out if it'd be useful for things other than depression. This looks potentially promising, but I haven't found the original study yet (using Google Scholar).

Comment author: Kevin 16 September 2010 01:13:06AM *  3 points [-]

Clearly credible that the God helmet produces hallucinations, possibly really cool ones.

Comment author: simplicio 16 September 2010 05:58:28PM 2 points [-]

See this podcast for a description of one neuroscientist's experience with the God Helmet.

Comment author: jimmy 21 September 2010 12:56:53AM 0 points [-]

Shouldn't be too tough to build. I'd sure want to make sure I know what field strengths to go for before I start inducing eddy currents in my brain though.