What a world this could be..

Does this mean that peoples brains behave equally at some level?

Yes this learning would be of benefit. Learning the piano, as their example, wouldn\'t make you a concert pianist, there is a wide gulf between technique and artistry. It would eliminate the druggery of learning facts allowing people to concentrate on learning to use the knowledge and on creativity.

Carlos - I think the speed at which a synapse fires, and the speed that nerve impulses travel might be common amongst most of us, but we're all wired differently which is what makes us individuals, with our own special skills and knowledge.
The fastest way to "download" knowledge in the manner suggested her, i.e. learning to fly a helicopter, might be to vicariously see it through their eyes, to experience it from another's perspective without needing to know how to do it yourself in the first place - a first person simulation? This might be what this could lead to.
It might still take a long time to learn a complex skill, but the process could be accelerated if one could share the experience of another who already possesses that skill.

Great idea with a potential for eliminating discovery... As history has proven errors in task learning have led to some great discoveries and inovations.

We know this is possible because when McCoy used the alien learning helmet, he was able to transplant Spock\'s brain back into his body. He even said, \"A child could do it!\"

What worries me about this kind of teaching is the amount of fascist propaganda (black, red, and green) that is already being taught in schools as fact.

The only way this will work is if a sensor system can understand the request for information from your individual brain and then be able to respond using a non-invasive system to stimulate the relevant neurones to allow you to be fed the information.
There is no way to magically encode the information instantly into your brain and there never will be because that would require magic.
You would have to magically and instantly grow and encode neurons.
The only possibility is for a feed of information relating to what you are trying to do is relayed to you.

This is what we know...

This sounds like a necessity. Just imagine going for any career in demand and being able to fill that position. Pretty awesome..