Thought Probes

Brain Stimulation: Should we directly stimulate people's brains to affect their behavior?
Electro-stimulation of the Brain: A History (http://psychicinvestigator.com/demo/WIRE_TXT.htm) Article from psychicinvestigator.com



Physical Control of the Mind (http://www.wireheading.com/delgado/excerpt.html) Excerpt from Jose Delgado's book, Physical Control of the Mind



Intracerebral Radio Stimulation and Recording (http://www.totse.com/en/conspiracy/mind_control/165760.html) Article by Jose Delgado originally published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease



The Orgasmic Brain (http://www.paradise-engineering.com/brain/index.htm) Excerpts from the Three Pound Universe by Judith Hooper and Dick Teresi discussing the perils and potential of "wireheading" (wiring the brain)



Sex a Problem? Just Push a Button for Orgasm (http://backandneck.about.com/library/weekly/aa021201a.htm) Article discussing Dr. Stuart Meloy's discovery that orgasm could be triggered by electrical stimulation of the spine



Operation Mind Control (http://home.att.net/~mcra/omc.htm) Excerpts from Operation Mind Control by Walter Bowart identifying ways in which the government has tried to control the populace



The Mind Stealers (http://home.swipnet.se/allez/Eng/Chavkin.htm) Excerpt from Samual Chavkins, The Mind Stealers: Psychosurgury and Mind Control identifying the ways in which scientists are trying to control behavior

Brainwashing: Can someone who has been effectively brainwashed act freely?
Mind Control (http://www.factnet.org/) Homepage of FACTnet, Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network



The Return of the Brainwashing Defense (http://www.cesnur.org/2002/brain_dec.htm) Article by Jack Hitt from the New York Times, December 15, 2002



Brainwashing and Mind Control Controversies (http://www.cesnur.org/2002/brain_dec.htm) Collection of links from CESNUR, Center for the Study of New Religions



Mind Control (http://skepdic.com/mindcont.html) Entry from the Skeptics Dictionary maintained by Robert Todd Carroll



Persuasion and Brainwashing Techniques (http://www.dcd.net/NBP/persuasn.html) Article by Dick Stuphen

The Willing Bank Teller: According to Frankfurt, would a bank teller who turned over money to a bank robber act freely?
The Theory of Autonomy (http://www.theihs.org/libertyguide/hsr/hsr.php/33.html) Article by James Stacey Taylor from Humane Studies Review exploring the relationship between autonomy and free action



The Taxonomy of Responsibility (http://www.unnu.com/newhome/writings/Philo/MyTaxonomy.cfm) Article by Schlomo Sher summarizing various theories of responsibility

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