Scientists can read people's thoughts and intentions. Is it ethical?

"Claiming" to be able to scan someone's brain and actually doing it are two different things. I'll believe it when there's proof. I don't even know if it's physically possible.

i'm skeptical about the possibility of building a truly mind reader machine. anyway, even if many will oppose (including myself) because of ethical issues, humans especially those great minds involved in such a project would continue pushing the 'limits', they'll build it in clandestine if they have to.

Is it? i never came across anything like this before...! i think they might use it to some hard core criminals only or else using this with any others might become nuisance for sure and i also believe such things should not be allowed to practice for common people as this will be bad trend for sure and as you said it is unethical ....

I would like to know what my boyfriend really thinks about me. lol

I would really say so thought that was what the lie detector was for

I have never heard of this news before...as a neurologist and a neuroscience researcher i think it is a bit difficult to "read" one's thoughts...however, we can say which cerebral areas a person is using when he or she does a particular action..this is already possible and we have "only" to use some particular kind of MRI....called functional MRI...of course it is not easy and you can find those particular technologies only in big Universitys but this is possible...so you can say that a lier use different areas than a truth telling...and maybe you can extrapolate it and use it to "guess" if he or she is a lier or not...but it is not the same as reading people minds...anyway in neuroscience we use this technology to study mind processes and understand how our mind works...I have never thought to use it for military or police purposes but of course this could be a possible application of this kind of research

I wouldnt want to know someone intentions, because if you give them time. It could change. I dont know it could be a good thing and a bad thing.

hm. I like it. It is funny. But I am sure it is about only that they can see what kinds of thoughts and intentions you have in the minute they examine you :)

Without question this is going too far. Of course you have to assume this is true. The accracy of any test is only as good as the interpreter. If they come to beleieve this is accurate and reliable it will put DNA testing to shame because all they have to do is run this test and come up with anything they like. Anything is possible it would seem. My point is this should not be held in high regard because there is such room for error. But it is scarry to think they beleieve this is possible. Could be a great thing to have on that first date however. LOL

I believe researchers at BMW have been working on this for some time in order to produce a car for armless and legless drivers. The Thought Mobile! Lol. The article indicated they had had some success. I guess it's as ethical as being hypnotised; you would have to give your approval first.

that is something sounds like a childhood game, never though that is possible, but than again people will find a way to jam the signal of they come out with them, but i dont mind getting my hands on one, just wont be happy if someone is using in on me lol you know what i mean

wow I didn't think that something like that could be made. Thats really interesting. I don't think that it should be used without the agreement of someone though. If we are going to not use technology like this should we also ban people from using their own telepathic abilities to find out what people are thinking?