{"id":1237,"date":"2008-09-28T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2008\/09\/the-new-army-mindmeld.html"},"modified":"2008-09-28T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T17:05:42","slug":"the-new-army-mindmeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2008\/09\/the-new-army-mindmeld.html","title":{"rendered":"The new Army mind-meld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shall we file <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/defense\/2008\/08\/army-funds-synt.html\">this <\/a>under Chiron conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, where the boundaries between technology (Aquarius) and the human mind\/body connection (Chiron) are blurred beyond distinction? \u00a0And the mutual reception between Uranus in Pisces and Neptune (ruler of\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/69\/import\/images\/mind-meld.jpg\" alt=\"mind-meld.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/>Pisces) in Aquarius (ruled by Uranus)? \u00a0The boundaries between technology and humanity\u00a0continue to dissolve in a very Neptunian\/Piscean way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>\u00a0The Army has given a team of University of California researchers a $4 million grant to\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>study the foundations of &#8220;synthetic telepathy.&#8221; But unlike old-school mind-melds, this seemingly psychic communication would be computer-mediated. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>All across the military, there&#8217;s interest in translating thoughts into computer code, and vice versa. Darpa-funded researchers have taught monkeys how to control robotic limbs with their thoughts. Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is building binoculars that tap the unconscious mind. Honeywell has built a system that monitors pre-conscious nueral firings, to help pick out targets in satellite imagery. The JASONs, the Pentagon&#8217;s premiere scientific advisory board, has warned of the dangers of enemies\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p>implanted with brain-computer interfaces. And the Defense Intelligence Agency just released a report, saying the military needs to spend more on neuroscience &#8211; up to and including &#8220;mak[ing] the enemy obey our commands.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ever since Uranus was discovered in the late 1700s, its influence has been transforming our technological development. \u00a0As we leave the age of Pisces and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/02\/when-does-the-age-of-aquarius.html\">move into the Aquarian age<\/a>, humans and machines are likely to be every more interdependent.\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shall we file this under Chiron conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, where the boundaries between technology (Aquarius) and the human mind\/body connection (Chiron) are blurred beyond distinction? \u00a0And the mutual reception between Uranus in Pisces and Neptune (ruler of\u00a0Pisces) in Aquarius (ruled by Uranus)? 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