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Systems have been developed that may usher us into the actual implementation of 1984's "thought crime" and the more recent "Minority Report" scenarios. You may have thought that those tent-living and hand-made cabin-dwelling, heavily armed and off-the-grid "survivalists" were just plain nutball cases. It seems just possible that they're ahead of the curve.
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.
They have devised a system that analyses brain activity to work out a person's intentions before they have acted on them. More advanced versions may be able to read complex thoughts and even pick them up before the person is conscious of them.
On February 9, 2007 at 8:19 am, Playin' Possum wrote:
I’m with you on this one, if I understand your position to be founded in apprehension. Fortunately the technology described by the Guardian is a long way from fulfilling these sensational fears…
In some ways I think this is - or can be - good. I don’t think there is one iota of good in the technology but the debate it inspires has merit. There are a lot of things in our society that have "slipped" lately, that I think have a common thread: From hate crimes to blog rants to this, the question of intent or speech versus tangible action is the real issue. I think action is all that matters and the rest of this is a bunch of intellectually corrupt horseshit. The problem is as 9-11 demonstrated, too many americans are cowards who are willing to trade any right for a little more of the illusion of security. I think we need to go back, grow some balls, and conclude that proaction is absurd and reaction over the intangible is unacceptable. All that matters is what someone actually does and that should only matter when action translates into harm to a third party. It doesn’t matter if I want to treat you to thirty-caliber ventilation - all that matters is doing it.
Any other stance will inevitably enslave us as technology inevitably advances.
On February 9, 2007 at 10:07 am, MaxRedline wrote:
This technology, while still under development, has already evolved sufficiently to warrant wary eyes. I plan to follow its evolution closely. When speeded up to practical deployment levels, it may carry certain benefits - Granny may no longer have to remove her shoes at the airport, and the screeners may be able to tell that she has no intention of blowing up a flight with that bottle of Geritol. But that’s about the only "plus" that seems to be in the mix.
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