Brian Doherty | December 11, 2007
Over at Slate, fun takedowns of some recent excesses of pop-neuroscientific imperialism from the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, in which the papers' op-ed pages sing the advantages of brain scans for swing voters and candidates themselves, respectively.
My own July reason feature on how much, and how little, the current capabilities of neuroscience can guide legal thinking about the insanity defense.
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the papers' op-ed pages sing the advantages of brain scans
for swing voters
I imagine they will be recommending lobotomy for those whose brain
scan shows more activity than "wow, Rudy has a nice tie LOL!"
I mean, really, if candidates wanted to know what voters are
thinking, they could try the old fashioned way. You know,
listening to them.
But I guess that's no longer in the purview of a politician,
huh?
Brain scans will never replace a thoroughly vetted and peer-reviewed horoscope.
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