Found; The Holodeck Connection!

The keys to the holodeck may have been found. Only there is no need to actually enter the holodeck as it is in your head. There is nothing to learn, you are born with it. There is nothing you can do about it, either.

In a report published in Science May 8, 2009, Michel Desmurget, Karen T. Reilly, Nathalie Richard, Alexandru Szathmari, Carmine Mottolese, and Angela Sirigu demonstrate that stimulating the brain results in the perception of action even when no action has occured. Futher, they dmonstrate that stimulating a different spot of the brain results in action that the person does not perceive. Abstract:

Parietal and premotor cortex regions are serious contenders for bringing motor intentions and motor responses into awareness. We used electrical stimulation in seven patients undergoing awake brain surgery. Stimulating the right inferior parietal regions triggered a strong intention and desire to move the contralateral hand, arm, or foot, whereas stimulating the left inferior parietal region provoked the intention to move the lips and to talk. When stimulation intensity was increased in parietal areas, participants believed they had really performed these movements, although no electromyographic activity was detected. Stimulation of the premotor region triggered overt mouth and contralateral limb movements. Yet, patients firmly denied that they had moved. Conscious intention and motor awareness thus arise from increased parietal activity before movement execution.

So, I guess we can see some iPhone developers connecting transcranial magnetic stimulators with something worth doing that can be carried around on iPhones and shared though the ether. Then I guess we could all just imagine our lives. Just think, too, how great the un-fettered free market system will operate. No need for marketing and advertising or even real products or services, just connect and force people to send you their money and all you have to do is return a stimulus package directly to their brain that tells them they got everything they wanted and so much more. Then you will have all their money... until someone imagines it back, that is. So now, which matters most, intention or action? What about that volition thing?