Electronic Impulses and the Mind

0:00Prabhupāda: Subtle physical.

Subtle physical body and mind

0:02Subtle physical.

0:04Devotee (1): But their extension of that....

Research on brain electronic circuitry

0:09Just like now, they are doing very intense research on the working of the brain and the electronic circuitry of the brain = electronic impulses flowing between different neurons.

Electronic impulses to induce happiness

0:16And they have..., their attempt is they put a gadget on your head which sends an electronic impulses, and they figure, "If we can find out the right program, we could make someone happy.

0:26We put the gadget on his head, send these electronic things in their mind..."

0:32Śyāmasundara: And it works...

0:32Devotee (1): "...and they'll become happy."

0:32Śyāmasundara: It works. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Temporarily.

Temporary nature of artificial emotions

0:33They found it works. Even they can induce happiness or sadness or pleasure or fright or anything by finding the right spots in the brain.

0:41Prabhupāda: And when they take out? [laughter]

0:45Devotee (1): Finish!

Implanting electrodes for mental control

0:46Śyāmasundara: You know, they can implant electrodes and have a big program, they say. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Permanent till when? Till the electrode wears out. Till they die.

Materialistic views on death and consciousness

0:55He says that when the body dies, the mind dies and the consciousness dies. [end]