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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:00 PM Original message |
Theoretically speaking, would you support mind reading in criminal trials? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Absolutely not! |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thought police. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. no, and I'm unconvinced that we'll have this capability in 25 years |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. He was a bit of a cheerleader, so the 25 years may be optomistic, but it's coming. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. We already have mind reading technology |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. He discussed the diffuse nature of memory. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. I would fry |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. This kind of is up there with lie detector tests IMHO, an inexact science. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nope. Covered under the 5th Amendment. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. +1 |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. What about a witness against another person? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It still wouldn't work |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That would be a question of reliability. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Oooh, I didn't think of that. Sort of shuts the entire discussion down, doesn't it? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Not quite - you are forced to give blood samples and fingerprints |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Here's how the police state would argue around that |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. No can do, 5th Amendment. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. no that would fall under 'compelled testimony'. nt. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'd be screwed |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. An interesting novel about that: |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. So it would be better to send an innocent man to the electric chair |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Minority Report. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. The question should be asked |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. Polygraph. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Nope... thoughts should never be crimes... no matter how despicable |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. No. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wonder if the technology to read minds would coincide with the technology to create memories. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The 5th Amendment + this = resounding no. -nt |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. People do implant memories |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. They also be able to give lie detector tests using brain scans. I like that idea. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Scanning technology is already here and will be made portable in 3 years |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. What if what you are remembering was a dream? Some of them seem pretty real at the time and I've had |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. No. But I would for Supreme Court nominees. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. In law we do relatively little actual scientific research, but . . . |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. No. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. NO to |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Yes, that parts a bit creepy, but would be far less controversial. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. it is creepy |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Sounds a little like the movie "the Minority Report" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. No - wait, I mean HELL NO! |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. How could they be sure it's a memory and not a fantasy? |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Absolutely not. |
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