Sorry, Your Brain Says We Shouldn't Hire You
from the too-bad dept
theodp writes "You've aced the interview, convincing your prospective employer you're the ideal person for the job. But will your brain scan tell a different story? Slate reports that brain-imaging technology, already used for lie detection and 'neuromarketing,' is moving into new, nonmedical territory that could be ethically treacherous." This basically is just an update on running job candidates through a lie detector, which was fairly common for some jobs. Of course, for those thinking of using such a system to scan job applicants, it may pay to remember the professor who was trying to use the same fMRI technology to scientifically prove who was cool. Even though the "basis" for cool was his own feelings -- when run through the system, it showed him as being decidedly uncool, and suddenly, he changed around the whole ranking mechanism.
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