IP: a note on 1984 draws closer.: The Lie Detector That Scans Your Brain

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: jacobs () genehack org (John S. J. Anderson)
>
> David Farber <dave () farber net> writes:
>
> >>At Brain Fingerprinting Laboratories, a company in Fairfield, Iowa,
>                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Dave, the name of that town sets off alarm bells, because it is also
> the home of the Maharishi University of Management (formerly the
> Maharishi International University), which is infamous for its
> "scientifically validated" combination of education and Transcendental
> Mediation. (See <URL:http://www.mum.edu/introduction/> for more.)
>
> I'm not saying that the probable association with MUM a priori
> invalidates any of the claims of what the "brain-wave" machine can do;
> I just think it is an important connection that people should be aware
> of.
>
> john.
> --
> "That's the problem with science.  You've got a bunch of empiricists
> trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder." -Calvin

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