What have the scientists developed?
A system that analyses brain activity to work out a person's intentions and complex thoughts even before the person is conscious of them.
The brain scan that can read people's intentions
Friday February 9, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2009229,00.html
A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
Prof. John-Dylan Haynes-
"We see the danger that this might become compulsory one day, but we have to be aware that if we prohibit it, we are also denying people who aren't going to commit any crime the possibility of proving their innocence."
What ramifications might this have?
Will this make the world a better place?...or worse?
Will people need this scan to get a job? A loan? Insurance? Who wil have control of its use?
2007-02-10 03:33:48 · 5 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
More and more personal information is being required these days. It is inevitable that someday we will have this kind of technology (unless the christians are right of course). The uses of this technology is what makes it scary. At what point is a persons psyche developed enough that you are able to scan them and get an accurate reading? That is just one of many possible questions. In any case the use of technology to determine in advance the actions of a person seems a bit far fetched but *not* impossible, more or less simply a series of probability calculations. However, even in that (bad) movie 'Minority Report' they had empaths doing the thinking (or whatever they were in that movie).
2007-02-10 03:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by Flynn380 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's say that someone makes you angry and yourfirst thought is to choke the life out of them. Then you calm down and go about your life. At a given moment your intention was to kill someone, later you acted rationally. This is not a crime
2007-02-10 11:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by pretender59321 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh well. We already do that, remember? First we say they're "terrorists". Then we go picking fights with them until we're in over our heads.
2007-02-10 11:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by na n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just watch that Tom Cruise movie. "Minority Report". It will show you what that would be like. Thats what its about
2007-02-10 12:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by stardawned 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be unfair to democrats.
2007-02-10 11:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋