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?
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Re: If we don't build them, who will?
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
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No Subject Given
(Personally I liked the elimination of lawyers best hehe)
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please
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