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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:25 pm |
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| I'm torn on the technology being used for law enforcement. I'm opposed to it in theory, yet on a pragmatic level it's probably for the better, particularly for suspects who can't afford high-powered attorneys or who have traits that may bias a jury (eg being black). |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:14 pm |
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| CubaLibre wrote: |
| Your assupmtion is that prying into people's thoughts and dreams will acquit them? |
Under the assumptions that the brain-reading system is flawless and would be used only in serious cases (rape, murder, etc), it could be argued that convicting more people guilty of crimes would be a worthwhile price to pay for acquitting a smaller number of people innocent of crimes.
Granted this ignores some larger issues with our justice system, but I think it's more realistic to push for the use of a new tool (like the introduction of DNA testing) than an overwhelming reform.
Also this is your specialty so I'll defer to you; curious to hear your thoughts anyway. |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:50 pm |
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Ah, I was thinking future-tech memory reading; yeah thought-reading would be pretty bullshit.
"what do you know about the murders? … holy shit guys now he's thinking about murders" |
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dongle
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:56 pm |
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| CubaLibre wrote: |
obviously that's not actually what you were saying.
So uh, I just don't really know what you were saying. |
I failed to fully state my premise and assumptions, then I backpedaled once I realized the repercussions of what I said, essentially.
| CubaLibre wrote: |
| Only if it could actually somehow retrieve unadulterated sense-memory. The problem with testimony from memory isn't that people are lying about what they remember; it's that their memories are wrong. |
Cuba, should I find myself in trouble some day, I will call on you.
And now a curiosity: Chicken Head Tracking. Move a chicken's body and its head remains remarkably still. Awesome! |
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