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From: "Chris Manning" <>
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Subject: Re: For readers of The Truth Machine and The First Immortal
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:44:37 +1100

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> Message #30186
> From: "John de Rivaz" <>
> Subject: For readers of The Truth Machine and The First Immortal
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:23 -0000
>
> "Using the scanner, we could look around the brain for this information 
> and read out something that from the outside there's no way you could 
> possibly tell is in there. It's like shining a torch around, looking for 
> writing on a wall", the scientists were reported as saying.
>
> ....
>
> Writing in Wired contributing editor Steve Silberman points out that the 
> lie-detection capability of fMRI is 'poised to transform the security 
> system, the judicial system, and our fundamental notions of privacy'.
>
> More on ...
>
> www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=7606
>

I haven't read the article in full as it is rather long. A disturbing 
possibility which occurred to me some time ago is that at some time in the 
distant future it might even be possible to read the minds of people who 
have recently died, or people in suspension (obviously without their 
knowledge). On the other hand, such technology might be used in a good way: 
We might be unable to revive a person for some reason but be able to extract 
information from their mind. Perhaps a processor like the one in 'The Truth 
Machine' could then write a biography of the person! (Or should that be 
'autobiography'?)

I note that Carole Smith is from Australia. I have seen her name somewhere 
before but I don't remember where. (Of course it might have been here.)

Season's Greetings from Down Under. 

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