The team of neuroscientists have developed 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. It is possible with the computer that learns unique patterns of brain activity or signatures that correspond to different thought and then it scans the brain to look for these signatures and predicts what the person is thinking.
They will know you cheated on the test, they will know you want to write the hate post against Dell, they will know you are against the high taxes...
I am a huge fan of neuroscience but I guess such a findings rise the question about ethics. It is fascinating how we become better at mapping human brain but at some point we need to be clear about our freedom.
It makes me wonder where the curiosity, scientific knowledge ends and manipulation, invasion into the most private spheres begins? This is the very thin red line we are playing with. I am far away from having Orwellian thoughts, and even though we are still far away from mind-reading, we need to discuss ethics in tact with pseudoscientific discoveries. What I fear most is the misuse of such a impressive technologies to the wrong purposes.
via Guardian
