From: Jef Allbright (jeff.allbright@usa.net)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 11:59:22 MDT
An article at http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/ns-yla060601.html describes
research showing a very reliable brain-wave response when a subject
recognizes specific information presented to them. By presenting
information only a guilty person would recognize, such as a crime-scene, a
reliable involuntary response is observed when the subject recognizes that
information.
Reportedly this technique does not generate any false positives, although
one could argue on the basis that the information presented may be
recognized for reasons other than expected.
So far, this technology has been admitted in court once, so the precedent
has been set for its use.
It appears something like Halperin's Truth Machine may happen sooner than we
thought.
- Jef
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