From: Ross A. Finlayson (extropy@apexinternetsoftware.com)
Date: Sat Sep 07 2002 - 01:37:14 MDT
On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 09:23 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:
> At 12:26 PM 9/6/02 -0700, Ross F. wrote:
>
>> I wonder when is the first use of the term "feelies" which are
>> whole-sensory immersive environments or interactive direct neural
>> playbacks.
>
> 1932. Aldous Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD. `There's a love scene on a bear
> rug;
> they say it's marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced.' This idea
> has
> been around a long time, in general terms: E. M. Forster's `The Machine
> Stops' years before that, in 1909.
>
> Damien Broderick
>
War is good for nothing. Don't get me wrong, that means war is bad.
Ross
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