# Nerves Could Send and Receive Machine Messages by J. D. Bernal > "Already we know the essential electrical nature of nerve impulses; it is a matter of delicate surgery to attach nerves permanently to apparatus which will either send messages to the nerves or receive them." > **— J. D. Bernal**, *1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh”* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [J. D. Bernal, “The Flesh,” complete chapter](https://bactra.org/Bernal/flesh/). Bernal projects a two-way nerve-apparatus interface from the electrical nature of neural signaling. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Neural Signal Acquisition|Neural Signal Acquisition]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The World, the Flesh and the Devil|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]] - [[wiki/Neural Signal Acquisition|Neural Signal Acquisition]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Already we know the essential electrical nature of nerve impulses; it is a matter of delicate surgery to attach nerves permanently to apparatus which will either send messages to the nerves or receive them." — J. D. Bernal, 1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bernal-nerve-machine-messages ```