Octophile (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} octophile) wrote,@ 2008-09-14 21:21:00 |
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Robot dreams
Gentles, I present the OED word of the day:
mind-machine, n. | DRAFT ENTRY Mar. 2002 |
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m
n(d)m
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n/, U.S. /man(d)min/ [< MIND n.1 + MACHINE n.]
1. The human brain or human person regarded as a rational machine.
1903 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 389 When the child plays it is literally organising its brain, myelinising its mind-machine. 1972 H. A. WILLIAMS True Resurrection iii. 70 Man is a rational being
i.e. he is a mind-machine, and therefore it is to his interest to be treated as a mind-machine.
i.e. he is a mind-machine, and therefore it is to his interest to be treated as a mind-machine.2. An electronic device equipped with earphones and flashing lights which is worn over the head for sensory stimulation and relaxation.
1986 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. 28 The plain truth is that a secondary school child would be very lucky to get 10 minutes on a computer a week... It is little more than conjuring, a fashionable sleight of hand to dazzle us with the mystery of these magic new mind machines. 1991 Futurist May 58/2 (advt.) Innerquest Mind Machines, Acoustic Brain Research, Hemi-Sync and Super-Learning Tapes,..Earth Pulse Generators & more. 1993 R. RUCKER et al. Mondo 2000 10/2 Someone had a mind machine with earphones playing pulsed sound to match the flickering rhythms in two rings of tiny red light bulbs mounted in goggles that went over your eyes.
