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== Literature ==
* One old short sci-fi story featured an auditory equivalent, allowing two people with electrodes hooked up to their skulls to communicate thoughts directly. IIRC, one end was designed to receive, the other to send thoughts. Several basic tests were run to make sure the thing wasn't a fluke or a placebo leading to an additional receiver being installed for confirmations. The story ends with a bit of a twist when they try hooking one receiver end up to the sending end directly in a loop. The scientist on the other receiver looks terrified and rips them apart moments afterward. Apparently, he heard the machine itself [[AI Is a Crapshoot|start to think...]]
* A story titled "Into the Sunset" by D.C. Poyer had the religious dictatorship that'd taken over the U.S. build a machine that could detect people's thoughts, although no display was involved. If they [[Thoughtcrime|thought unauthorized things]], the machine would '''automatically''' punish them -- withthem—with a power surge that wiped the brain completely, effectively killing the victim while leaving his or her body alive. Unauthorized things, of course, included wanting liberty and justice. Then the dictatorship installed the mind reader at all entrances to government buildings....
 
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