History Headscratchers / Brainstorm

*** Or just loop a recording of the sensation of immobility, so the person's sense of equilibrium is deceived by an impression of stillness and never triggers nausea in the first place.

** Yes and no. You can't use this technology to cure physical ailments such as heart disease because the physical conditions that cause it are still there. But, it might be possible to treat psychological ones. ''Might'' being the operative term. It's not a matter of recording a "healthy" person and then playing that recording back. It depends on the issue in question. It may be possible to use this to treat anxiety or depression. But "curing" someone of it is unlikely. Some mental illness are caused by chemical imbalances and require medication and therapy. Bottom line, this technology could be used to help treat mental illness, but it's not a cure.

** Also of note: The death tape caused a heart attack because the person playing the tape had their brain being stimulated and that stimulation wreaked havoc with their own systems. Basically, the playback overrode their brain's autonomic functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc) which induced the heart attack. Michael survived because Hal was there and immediately stopped the playback before it could cause a heart attack. It killed Gordy because Landon--the hack--didn't listen to the technician who knew that Michael had rewired his equipment's output concerning respiration and heart function. Then later, when Gordy was clearly suffering, Landon thought the issue was hardware-related (he looked at the unit's CRT), ignored Gordy's quite visible suffering, and didn't act quickly enough to stop it. The idiot didn't develop the technology to begin with, clearly didn't understand how it worked and ignored important information.

** Also of note: The death tape caused a heart attack because the person playing the tape had their brain being stimulated and that stimulation wreaked havoc with their own systems. Basically, the playback overrode their brain's autonomic functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc) which induced the heart attack. Michael survived because Hal was there and immediately stopped the playback before it could cause a heart attack. It killed Gordy because Landon--the hack--didn't listen to the technician who knew that Michael had rewired his equipment's output concerning respiration and heart function. Then later, when Gordy was clearly suffering, Landon thought the issue was hardware-related (he looked at the unit's CRT) and didn't act quickly enough. The idiot didn't develop the technology to begin with, clearly didn't understand how it worked and ignored important information.

** Also of note: The death tape caused a heart attack because the person playing the tape had their brain being stimulated and that stimulation wreaked havoc with their own systems. Basically, the playback overrode their brain's autonomic functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc) which induced the heart attack. Michael survived because Hal was there and immediately stopped the playback before it could cause a heart attack. It killed Gordy because Landon--the hack--didn't listen to the technician who knew that Michael had rewired his equipment's output concerning respiration and heart function. Then later, when Gordy was clearly suffering, Landon thought the issue was hardware-related (he looked at the unit's CRT) and didn't act quickly enough. The idiot didn't develop the technology to begin with, clearly didn't understand how it worked and ignored important information.

** Yes and no. You can't use this technology to cure physical ailments such as heart disease because the physical conditions that cause it are still there. But, it might be possible to cure psychological ones. ''Might'' being the operative term. It's not a matter of recording a "healthy" person and then playing that recording back. It depends on the issue in question. It may be possible to use this to treat anxiety or depression. But "curing" someone of it is unlikely. Some mental illness are caused by chemical imbalances and require medication and therapy. Bottom line, this technology could be used to help treat mental illness, but it's not a cure.
** Also of note: The death tape caused a heart attack because the person playing the tape had their brain being stimulated and that stimulation wreaked havoc with their own systems. Basically, the playback overrode their brain's autonomic functions (breathing, heartbeat, etc) which induced the heart attack. Michael survived because Hal was there and immediately stopped the recording before it could cause a heart attack. It killed Gordy because Landon--the hack--didn't listen to the technician who knew that Michael had rewired his equipment's output concerning respiration and heart function. Then later, when Gordy was clearly suffering, Landon thought the issue was hardware-related (he looked at the unit's CRT) and didn't act quickly enough. The idiot didn't develop the technology to begin with and clearly didn't understand how it worked.

** Yes and no. You can't use this technology to cure physical ailments such as heart disease because the physical conditions that cause it are still there. But, it might be possible to cure psychological ones. ''Might'' being the operative term. It's not a matter of recording a "healthy" person and then playing that recording back. It depends on the issue in question. It may be possible to use this to treat anxiety or depression. But "curing" someone of it is unlikely. Some mental illness are caused by chemical imbalances and require medication and therapy. Bottom line, this technology could be used to help treat mental illness, but it's not a cure.

* If the device can cause heart attacks and psychoses, can it cure people with those issues if they view healthy tapes?