Mind Readers are Real!!!! Essays (2572 words) - Cognitive Science

Michelle Glaser Dr. Sewell English Composition II August 4, 2017 Mind Readers are Real!!! Every human being has a desire that he or she would like to be able to read other peoples' minds. Many are the times that one tells himself "I would like to know why that lady is staring at me like that", or "I would like to know what the interviewer thinks about me?" among many other desires that invade peoples' minds throughout the day. Even criminal investigators want that they would be able to read the minds of criminals to find whether they are lying or not. These are just many of the examples among many desires that people have regarding "reading other peoples' minds ". There is one thing that people do not know - "reading other peoples' minds, to know what they are thinking or planning ", is entirely possible. It is possible for a person to read the intentions of another person by reading his or her mind using mind readers. The jury and lawyers can be able to decide whether the defendant or the witness is telling the truth or not. They will be able to decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. These mind readers have an ability to betray defendants' guilt. These mind readers employ neuroscience methods to detect lies. These minds reading machines are attached on the scalp to measure the brain and test for "guilty knowledge ". There are certain parts of the brain that are more associated with telling lies and others that are associated with telling the truth. Increased activity in the parts of the brain that are associated with telling lies will be a sign that the defendant is guilty or that the witness is giving a false testimony. If a person is asked to offer a description of what he or she saw, one will automatically access his or her mind searching for t he memory of the image. If the mind reader shows increased activity in the parts associated with telling the lies, the evidence gave by that witness will be rejected. The only problem that can make these mind readers not to be used in courtrooms is lack of laws allowing neuroscience to be used in the courtrooms. Just by reading these mind readers, lawyers and the jury will be able to interpret what that person is thinking or planning. During recruitment in a workplace, an interview panel will be able to effectively select the best employees by reading their minds. For example, during World War II, the commanders of the Naval Air Corps could use physiognomy to predict soldiers that would be most proper as pilots. This role was carried out by Admiral Ikorodu Yamamoto who accurately predicted these soldiers by just seeing them. This shows that the act of reading peoples' minds has historical roots - Yamamoto read peoples' minds by seeing them. It is possible to hack peoples' minds ( Hassim and Trope 837). This means that this technology will be applied in business and legal sectors. However, the biggest impact is on the legal system. " An academic paper written for the Air Force in the mid-1990s me Weinberger nations the idea of [such] a weapon. The signal can be a message from God that can warn the enemy of impending doom, or en courage the enemy to surrender. In 2002, the Air Force Research Laboratory patented precisely such a technology: using microwaves to send words into someone's head. The patent was based on human experimentation in October 1994 at the Air Force lab, where scientists could send phrases into the heads of human subjects, albeit with marginal intelligibility. The official U.S. Air Force position is that there are no non-thermal effects of microwaves. Yet the military's use of weapons that employ electromagnetic radiation to create pain is well-known. In 2001, the Pentagon declassified one element of this research: The Active Denial System, a weapon that uses electromagnetic radiation to heat skin and create an intense burning sensation. While its exact range is classified, Doug Beason, an expert in directed-energy weapons, puts it at about 700 meters, and the beam cannot penetrate many materials, such as aluminum. Given the history of