"Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind," wrote the playwright John Milton in 1634.
But, nearly 400 years later, technological advances in machines that can read our thoughts mean the privacy of our brain is under threat.
Now two biomedical ethicists are calling for the creation of new human rights laws to ensure people are protected, including "the right to cognitive liberty" and "the right to mental integrity".
Scientists have already developed devices capable of telling whether people are politically right-wing or left-wing. In one experiment, researchers were able to read people's minds to tell with 70 per cent accuracy whether they planned to add or subtract two numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @02:30PM (2 children)
Even the four way political compass is simplistic, although it is accurate enough that anybody at the extremes cen be deemed extremely dangerous.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 15 2017, @08:12PM
Even the four way political compass is simplistic, although it is accurate enough that anybody at the extremes [can] be deemed extremely dangerous
To start, "four-quadrant" or "two-dimensional" would be more accurate; "four-way" sounds like some sort of Lou Reed thing.
Next, you are claiming that "not allowing wealth and power to be highly concentrated" (extreme Left Wing) is dangerous??
Last, what would you add to the two-dimensional representation that would improve over Capitalist-vs-Socialist/Communist and Civil liberties-vs-Authoritarianism?
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday May 16 2017, @06:38AM
although it is accurate enough that anybody at the extremes cen be deemed extremely dangerous.
Any made up diagram or characterization scheme like this is accurate enough to deem anyone, real or imagined, extremely dangerous.