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下次民權爭鬥在頭腦
星期三， 2008年4月9日
由Clive湯普森 下來Trolling 街道在曼哈頓，我突然聽見婦女的聲音。 「誰那裡？ 誰那裡？」 她耳語。 我看在附近，但不可能推測何處它來自。 它似乎從裡邊我的頭骨發出。 我去堅果？ Nope。 我簡單地遇到了新的廣告介質： 特高聲速的聲音。 它在一條被聚焦的射線播放音頻，因此站立直接地在它的道路的只有人聽見消息。 在這種情況下，有線電視頻道A&E使用技術促進展示，自然地，奇異。 我是怪傑，因此我的第一反應是， 「冷卻!」 但它也感到蠕動。 我們認為我們的腦子作為最後私有聖所，區域，其他人不可能闖入沒有我們的知識或允許。 但它的界限逐漸腐蝕。 特高聲速的聲音是預兆什麼來臨，一个湧現的技術瞄準的輕拍的主人入我們的頭。 這些工具提出迷住和不穩定，新的道德問題： 我們是否有權利「精神保密性」 ？ 「我們越來越面對這個問題，并且沒人真正地準備好它」，委員會委員說保羅根Wolpe， bioethicist和非盈利中心的認知自由和概念。 「如果頭骨不是保密性一個绝對領域，那裡 是 沒有被留下的保密性領域」。 他爭辯說， 21世紀的大個人自由問題全部在我們的頭？ 頭腦的「民權」，他叫它。 它是真實的大多數這技術gestational。 但早實驗強制： 有些研究員說fMRI腦子掃瞄可能查出驚奇地具體精神行動？ 像您是否願意考慮種族主義者的想法，做算術，讀書或者認可某事。 企業家已經推擠技術的半信半疑的形式入市場： 您能現在聘用企業，沒有謊言MRI，舉辦「真相證明」掃瞄，如果您設法證明您在水平上。 給它10年，道德家言，并且將通常使用腦子工具是否？ 有時負責任地，經常劣等。 兩個情況驚嚇民用自由意志論者。 What happens when the government starts using brain scans in criminal investigations ? to figure out if, say, a suspect is lying about a terrorist plot? Will the Fifth Amendment protect you from self-incrimination by your own brain? Think about your workplace, too: Your boss can already demand that you pee in a cup. Should she also be allowed to stick your head in an MRI tube as part of your performance review? But this isn’t just about reading minds; it’s also about bombarding them with messages or tweaking their chemistry. Transcranial magnetic stimulation ? now used to treat epilepsy ? has shown that it can artificially generate states of empathy and euphoria. And you’ve probably heard of propranolol, a drug that can help erase traumatic memories. Let’s say you’ve been assaulted and you want to take propranolol to delete the memory. The state needs that memory to prosecute the assailant. Can it prevent you from taking the drug? “To a certain extent, memories are societal properties,” says Adam Kolber, a visiting professor at Princeton. “Society has always made claims on your memory, such as subpoenaing you.” Or what if you use transcranial stimulation to increase your empathy. Would you be required to disclose that? Could a judge throw you off a jury? Could the Army turn you away? I’d love to give you answers. But the truth is no one knows. Privacy rights vary from state to state, and it’s unclear how, or even if, the protections would apply to mental sanctity. “We really need to articulate a moral code that governs all this,” warns Arthur Caplan, a University of Pennsylvania bioethicist. The good news is that scholars are holding conferences to hash out legal positions. But we’ll need a broad public debate about it, too. Civil liberties thrive only when the public demands them ? and understands they’re at risk. That means we need to stop seeing this stuff as science fiction and start thinking about how we’ll react to it. Otherwise, we could all lose our minds. Have Your Say: The Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. One Response to “The Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind”
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I’m sure this could be counter balanced by wearing metal head gear… Scientists are the biggest threat to our privacy, its about time they learned how much they are pissing people off!