00:00In 1969, a scientist published a book arguing that freedom of thought was an
00:05obstacle to human progress. This was not fiction. This was Yale University. His
00:10name was Jose Delgado and he had already proven his point on camera. Years earlier,
00:15Delgado stood in a Spanish bullring holding a small radio transmitter. A bull
00:20charged directly at him. He pressed a button. The bull stopped cold, mid-stride,
00:25just feet away. The device was implanted in the animal's brain. He called it a
00:29stymosever and he didn't stop with animals. Delgado implanted the same
00:33technology into human psychiatric patients, triggering emotions, altering
00:38behavior, and controlling movement remotely, all without the patient's consent. He
00:43believed the human mind was too dangerous to be left alone. That science had both
00:47the right and the responsibility to correct it. The military took notes.
00:51Academic institutions funded him. His work was treated as a serious proposal, not a
00:56warning. The bull stopped because it had no choice. Delgado thought people should be
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