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b_b  ·  4174 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mark Stokes: There's a lot more to neuroscience than media 'neuromania'

It makes me cry tears of joy to finally read a piece like this in a popular periodical.





katakowsj  ·  4173 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is it just typical of the human condition that as new technologies develop some of us will so desperately misuse that technology? What better way to "help" the world by convincing the lay public that a simple brain scan will determine the likelihood of an ex-con to fall back into old habits? I've been discussing this sort of thing lately with my barber at my weekly blood-letting. Bad humors be damned!

b_b  ·  4173 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe as an educator you can start a pilot program where you give the kids fMRIs to determine if they pass or fail. "Good scan, son. Off to high school with you. Billy, on the other hand, I'm afraid, has a date with trade school."

humanodon  ·  4173 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's like the start of some brave, new world.