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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by Tade0 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:16AM (#23917221)
It would be great/dystopian to, in the future, figure out what particular people are good at by analysing their brains.
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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by msp_yc on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:32AM (#23917407)
Mr. Burns : Absolutely! Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal.

Waylon Smithers : Uh, Sir? Phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago.

Mr. Burns : Of course you'd say that... you have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter!

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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by arethuza on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:48AM (#23918256)
There is also the, rather terrifying, concept of focus from Vernon Vinge's Deepness in the Sky where brains are modified to turn people into intelligent single-purpose appliances/microservices:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky

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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by bitL on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:45PM (#23918875)
You can view angels as intelligent (micro)services, so that concept is much older.
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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by coderdd on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:42AM (#23917518)
Asimov's short novel "Profession" might be an interesting read.
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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by user982 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:33AM (#23917427)
A more accurate ASVAB?
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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:33AM (#23917433)
I smell a DoD grant in the making!
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Re:Brain connectivity levels are equal in all mammals, inclu... by Tade0 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:30AM (#23918069)
Probably less, but with better UX.
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