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more on re: Thoughts read' via brain scans
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:12:32 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: August 7, 2005 11:51:18 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: Thoughts read' via brain scans Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This comment comes from reader Ted Kircher. DLH]
From: "Ted Kircher" <tkircher () comcast net> Date: August 7, 2005 2:45:09 AM PDT To: <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Thoughts read' via brain scans Dewayne,I wonder when, not if, this will evolve into a 'truth detector' so that any person who might be considered to be a criminal, terrorist or ... "anyone against his/hergovernment's policies" is safe from their own brain waves( see <http://fairfield.freehosting.net/98nov/brainwaves.html> posted in 1998).This technology coupled with RFID chips that will be embedded in almost every product purchased - and perhaps even considered when walking through a store, library, .... will allow government to 'paint anyone's pot black' as soon as they oppose policies by 'giving them an offer they cannot refuse'; i.e. in the form of"you're eitiher with me or against me".A scary aspect of the future of freedom, democracy, .... ; the basic principles ofour Constitution! Ted
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