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Posted by: John Williamson | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 03:23 PM
American salesman plus technology without morality interfering always makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: Guthrum | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 03:48 PM
This is the same nation who believe in "Intelligent Design".
We ought to worry that they have Nuclear Weapons.
Posted by: Nich Starling - Norfolk Blogger | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 07:37 PM
"American salesman plus technology without morality interfering always makes me uncomfortable."
Why didn't Gunthrum just say G.A.Y: Gestaltly Absent from Yourself. That the presenter seeking to lite your 'self-deceit-blob-area' of your brain in sympathy his mega lit up 'self-deceit-blob-area'. Deceit uses more effort for the brain to cope with a pretend world. Now you can check them out.
However, in stroke patients this technology will be useful in helping identify brain damage and see how tired the rest of the brain is in trying to rebuild new pathways. Whether one can instruct the brain to use one area, say the visual cortex for weight training if the person is blind and that area is redundant, I doubt it. Right Handers however, might try to learn to write with their left hand and balance that brain up into a ..... well, a normal mind of counter-intuitive thought, to resist propaganda such as this. Maybe Political Correctness will be seen as the fascism it really is and not the weak right brain following the weak brain following the rage.
Went over your head? Take a scan.
Posted by: Kinderling | Friday, March 28, 2008 at 02:21 AM
Really cool. Of course there's the possibility that it will be used for harm, but that is the case with anything.
Nich:
That is so offensive and narrow minded, as well as incorrect. How can a nation believe anything? It has no mind. Yes, a lot of Americans believe in Intelligent Design, but how does that affect its government having nukes?
This sort of collectivist thinking is the root of racism, sexism and nationalism.
Posted by: Tristan Mills | Friday, March 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Knee-jerk, misplaced snobbery in reference to Americans is both childish and unnecessary.
And like Tristan said, no nation believes something collectively.
Posted by: Ruthie | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 08:04 AM