Poll: If they invented a way to install translation software directly into our brains, I would:
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Platon Danilov
Platon Danilov  Identity Verified
Ukraine
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English to Russian
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No-no! Aug 25, 2019

What? Install a software into my brains? No, never! You are crazy. I am all back to the wilderness, then.

Angie Garbarino
Kaisa I
MollyRose
 
Thayenga
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Germany
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English to German
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No way Aug 25, 2019

I would never allow anything to be installed in my brain. These "smart homes" are horrible enough and prone to be hacked. Imagine what they could do to your brain. No, I would never let it happen, neither in this nor in any other life.

Vera Schoen
MollyRose
Priscila Wilke
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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Run off to the other end of the galaxy or somewhere safe. Aug 25, 2019

The very last thing I want is to become a robot! The idea of automating my brain in a Borg-like system would make me run, run, run, run, run, run...

MollyRose
 
Jennifer Forbes
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Local time: 08:29
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In memoriam
It's been there all my life Aug 25, 2019

Translation "software" was installed in my brain at birth - or maybe at conception.

Gibril Koroma
Agneta Pallinder
Thayenga
Philip Lees
Vera Schoen
 
Agneta Pallinder
Agneta Pallinder  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
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Swedish to English
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Other Aug 25, 2019

Jennifer Forbes wrote:

Translation "software" was installed in my brain at birth - or maybe at conception.


Agree with Jennifer.

Or at least when I first discovered other languages.

[Edited at 2019-08-25 11:33 GMT]


 
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
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Ghana
Local time: 08:29
Japanese to English
Sweet! Aug 25, 2019

I would wait a bit for all the bugs to be worked out, then I would be happy to give it a whirl. There's so much I want to read in different languages and so little time to learn languages. I for one will be happy when Google Translate gets to the point where it can produce translations that don't melt my brain, especially for Chinese and Korean.

[Edited at 2019-08-25 14:16 GMT]


 
Gibril Koroma
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Canada
Local time: 04:29
French to English
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Not use it, ever. Aug 25, 2019

I will never use it. My brain is sacred.

 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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I always wait for SP (service pack) Aug 25, 2019

If they really will be able to install such a code into a human brain, it makes sense to wait a little and go for telepathy then)

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
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Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Not use it ever Aug 25, 2019

Running away wouldn't solve the problem if it's still in my head. I would leave it untouched and work around it.

 
Maxi Schwarz
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devolve instead of improve? Aug 26, 2019

Why would one want to become limited in one's abilities? Devolution doesn't seem to be a goal most of us would want.

 
Philip Lees
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Greece
Local time: 10:29
Greek to English
Already there Aug 26, 2019

Jennifer Forbes wrote:

Translation "software" was installed in my brain at birth - or maybe at conception.


Exactly. One could discuss whether it should be described as "software" or "firmware", but we all come with an ability to learn and use language(s) already programmed in.


Helena Koželj
 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
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No way Aug 27, 2019

It's the only acceptable answer. This kind of slavering SciFi is only fun in the movies.

 


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