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Mere mention of some of these items causes a variety of neural firings in various persons' brains. More than any other author among today's galaxy of national strategy commentators, Kahn has caused a fecundity of vented spleens from that group he vaguely classifies as "Utopians." Simultaneously, from that group of observers Kahn wishes he could with a clear conscience call "sober analysts," he has ignited more than a few brushfires...
...next step is machines that can do more than answer just yes or no; they would, in effect, reason by considering alternatives, reach "under the circumstances" conclusions. Bell has already reconstructed a neuron, the basic element of the human brain, electronically, will ..try linking several together in a "neural net" duplicating nerve tissue. Eventually they hope to devise a computer able to freely associate ideas. IBM and others are trying to control molecules to work as a new kind of transistor, make a computer whose components will "feel" each other's information, come to qualitative decisions...
Injected Signals. "The logical extension of electroencephalographic research," said Schafer, "may result in the formation of another hybrid science, biocontrol. The biophysicist has measured and recorded the electrical activity of the central nervous system, and shown that neural [nerve] currents control many of our mental and muscular activities. The electronic-control scientist has taught us that minute electrical signals, properly amplified, may be used for the control of airplanes, guided missiles and machine tools...
...intensity passed through [a man's] head . . . changes his sense of balance, and he leans to one side . . . Other experimenters have shown that rats and dogs may be made to feel hungry just after eating, or afraid when they had nothing to fear, simply by injecting the appropriate neural currents into the central nervous system of the animal...
After a brief welcome to the gathering by First Marshal Chase N. Peterson, Lester L. Ward called "man, that biped with the neural Stich, still a basically humorous character," in the Class Oration...