Jack Handey in one of his more famous (and funny) bits of "Deep Thoughts" once said, "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." Little did he know, but in his mind a new war will be fought.
On August 13, 2008 the National Research Council (a committee made by the Department of Defense) released a report "Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies," that explores such disturbingly brave, new technologies as lie detectors, brain-machine interfaces, and mind controlling and altering drugs. And while I applaud the use of technology and science to grasp the farthest (and ironically, innermost) boundaries of humanity, having the military do it is a little scary, to say the least.
On August 13, 2008 the National Research Council (a committee made by the Department of Defense) released a report "Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies," that explores such disturbingly brave, new technologies as lie detectors, brain-machine interfaces, and mind controlling and altering drugs. And while I applaud the use of technology and science to grasp the farthest (and ironically, innermost) boundaries of humanity, having the military do it is a little scary, to say the least.
