Scientists Invent Real-Life Inception Helmet

Although dreams can feel real as they’re happening, most people are able to determine the difference between reality and fiction using a series of unconscious processes. In other words, your brain figures out what is real on its own, there’s no need to spin a top like Leo DiCaprio in Inception. However, in rare cases, like for example with schizophrenics, the brain is altered in a way that can make illusions indecipherable from reality. Now, scientists have found a way to use the same chemical imbalances found in schizophrenics in order to create a new helmet that allows ordinary people to enter a fantasy world. What could go wrong? From The Guardian:

By Tom Z

August 27, 2012