Fellow Amigos,
How's everything?! I didn't mention this to anyone but my blog was flagged for spam last week...finally got that taken care of and i'm back with a vengeance... Anyway, today I want to comment on how much technology has advanced and where it could possibly advance to in the future. I'm sure i'm not alone when I say I went through a superpower phase wanting to fly, have telekinesis, telepathy, and the ability to read minds. Most people site these powers a their top favorites, yet as we get older, we sort of veer away from wanting the ability to read minds, mainly because some things are better left unsaid. That it mind, its highly feasible that mind reading can become a reality in the near future...but is that something we really want? If I was given a genius brain that was predestined to invent innovative and exciting technology (as opposed to struggling to understand a science article) I think 99.9 times out of a hundred, I would opt out of inventing a mind reading machine and instead create the perfect brain reading machine. Why? The short answer is because completely understanding the biology and functionality of the brain will open up al sorts of doors to new medications and procedures to improve the fight against brain diseases and disorders. The other answer...well, how can we morally justify a ind reading device? In this day in age, our thoughts are really the only privacy we have. Though reading minds can grant psychologists more insight to the way people think and behave, or maybe even a better understanding of the disordered schizophrenic brain, there are strong ethic violations that seem evident. This machine can easily become a tool of the military when holding POW's, and just invades something that is sacred to every individual. For these reasons I say, give us the brain machine!
How's everything?! I didn't mention this to anyone but my blog was flagged for spam last week...finally got that taken care of and i'm back with a vengeance... Anyway, today I want to comment on how much technology has advanced and where it could possibly advance to in the future. I'm sure i'm not alone when I say I went through a superpower phase wanting to fly, have telekinesis, telepathy, and the ability to read minds. Most people site these powers a their top favorites, yet as we get older, we sort of veer away from wanting the ability to read minds, mainly because some things are better left unsaid. That it mind, its highly feasible that mind reading can become a reality in the near future...but is that something we really want? If I was given a genius brain that was predestined to invent innovative and exciting technology (as opposed to struggling to understand a science article) I think 99.9 times out of a hundred, I would opt out of inventing a mind reading machine and instead create the perfect brain reading machine. Why? The short answer is because completely understanding the biology and functionality of the brain will open up al sorts of doors to new medications and procedures to improve the fight against brain diseases and disorders. The other answer...well, how can we morally justify a ind reading device? In this day in age, our thoughts are really the only privacy we have. Though reading minds can grant psychologists more insight to the way people think and behave, or maybe even a better understanding of the disordered schizophrenic brain, there are strong ethic violations that seem evident. This machine can easily become a tool of the military when holding POW's, and just invades something that is sacred to every individual. For these reasons I say, give us the brain machine!
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