Comments on: Brain Scan Reveals Who Will Keep Their Promises

By: eirini

eirini — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:13:04 +0000

it sounds so black and white to me!!! so right now i make a promise and i have all the best intention in the world of owning up to it and then saddly other factors may come to play and tomorrow i find i cannot keep up with the promise anymore, maybe too much may be at risk if i do? (just an example) so what does that make me??? a liar??? an untrustworthy person or just someone who needs to re-adjust when new factors come at play??? you lose some you win some. can’t be perfect, or else can’t behave as a robot!!! to me control is the secret here…we will never stop until we find the way to control absolutely everything related to humans!!!! thanks God this in itself is impossible….hopefully…

By: Nopke

Nopke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:17:08 +0000

Not very trustworthy I\\\’d say .. run it twice ? Type of volunteers and such? Bond (or not) with researchers.
Game aspect. If a lie detector is in the back of their heads, then they can stop already by now. If there is no aim in this research other than curiousity … who funds it? Waitinglists for this type of scanner patientwise is then a bit … disgusting.

By: OtherMike

OtherMike — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:54:38 +0000

The whole idea relies on there being a single “The” brain with a single design so that everyone “should” have the same stuff in the same places. That’s a dangerous assumption – there’s no creator and therefore no reason to posit a single design of brain.

By: roz

roz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:09 +0000

the finding raises the possibility of using brain scans to determine who yer gonna hire or insure. whether they are accurate or not, i might add. :/

By: Storm™

Storm™ — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:06:44 +0000

The finding raises the possibility of using brain scans to determine the true intentions of criminals who are up for early release on parole – I have to say that criminals as a general rule of thumb work on opportunism. Presented with a set of circumstances they will decide there and then if its worth the risk. I can see this system falling totally flat on its face. Because like a lie detector – if they believe they are telling the truth – the machine says they are.