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The New Lie Detectors: Poking Around Your Brain
from the ethical-questions? dept
As scientists are working on all sorts of new technology for catching liars in the act, some are wondering if it's ethical to poke around someone's brain and see if they're telling the truth. Is it an invasion of privacy to see if you're lying? Of course, there's plenty of arguments that none of these lie detecting methods work, anyway, which actually makes the ethical question a bit more complicated.
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If we don't build them, who will?
Would we want less democratic countries like China or Iran to develop better brain-reading technology than us? Even if it goes against our democratic sensibilities, it's important to understand how the technology works. And I believe it can have plenty of pro-democracy uses, like finding serial killers before they act.
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Re: If we don't build them, who will?
like finding serial killers before they act.
How are you going to prevent them from acting?
Are you willing to make thought illegal? Who will monitor the thought police? How much more taxes will you now pay to make this utopia your invisioning happen?
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Listen to the 2003 Reith Lectures
For more interesting stuff on brain stuff...
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You should read "The Truth Machine" (I can't remember the author), its a fictional account of society once an inventor invents a 100% foolproof lie detector...its an interesting take on what happens...
(Personally I liked the elimination of lawyers best hehe)
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