gizmos, robots, and dolls -- oh my!

i picked this article on the future of sex off of reuters today. by turns it has a-mused and be-mused me. however, it's only when you get toward the end of the article that its relation to consciousness and experience becomes evident.

ALL IN THE MIND

Going even a level further, other researchers say in decades to come advanced devices will be able to stimulate the brain to create a sexual experience without manipulating genitalia.

Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the study of artificial intelligence dating back to 1951, said such devices could either trigger an actual physical response from the brain, or have the entire experience take place in the mind with the sensation of sex -- but without the mess or risk of sexually transmitted disease.

we've long known that the primary sexual organ for any human being is the brain. it's our minds and imaginations that turn us on (which, imo, is why intelligent persons are inherently sexier than the other kind), it's the strength of will and focus that determines so much of the character of sexual experience. in sex magick, it is the mind and will that moves the energy, assisted by the bodies present. but does that limit the entire experience to the body/mind?

when humanity can stimulate a complete (physiological) sexual experience ``without manipulating genitalia,'' is it still really sex?

perhaps a scientist would think so. a muse is not so sure.

by 2016 they say, i'll probably be able to try it for myself.

i'm wondering if something like this will ever be able to
dance with me in a cage and drive me wild...