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   Sundiver

   

   DL, May 29th, 2003 @ 6:50am

   
   

   Without reading the article, your description sounds remarkably like a device in David Brin's SF novel "Sundiver". People were tested by tracking their eye movement and metabolic responses to various images. Looking for people with violent or criminal tendencies. If flagged by the test, they'd be placed on either "temporary probation" or "permanent probation" and be subject to police monitoring, etc.

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   quick fix

   

   thecaptain, May 29th, 2003 @ 7:21am

   
   

   It seems like an attempt at a quick fix...
   
   If this thing is shown to be even mildly accurate, you just know the mob mentality/lowest common denominator will just love it...forget about committing a crime, this will be used as proof that you will commit one...and will be judged the same thing.
   
   We'll start having blacklists again...

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   Re: Sundiver

   

   Tom Cruise, May 29th, 2003 @ 8:10am

   
   

   Also without reading the article it sounds more like Philip K. Dick's novel or the movie "Minority Report," where base on the premonition of Moe, Larry, and Curly individuals are arrested based on crimes they will commit at some future date.

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   Anonymous Coward, May 29th, 2003 @ 8:28pm

   
   

   or say from the movie blade runner?

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   Univeral Constant

   

   Anonymous Coward, May 29th, 2003 @ 11:47pm

   
   

   I think what you'll find in a society like that is that all the Real Serial Killers(tm) are the ones who are good a taking the test.
   
   Kinda' reminds me of when I used to work the retail counter at a mall camera shop. I had to take a "screening test" to get the job... only thing was you had to be a total kleptomanic moron to get flagged by the test. Dishonest co-workers who *did* steal from the company were far more intelligent and sneaker than that. Of course those of us who realized that the 50% store authroized discount program for employees was a far easier/less risky way to make money (buy at half price and sell for 75% of retail)... and that's why the employee discount program was there (after all, who can live off of minimum wage plus 10% comission).

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