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Brain Privacy

sleepyrobot writes "As neuroscience advances and brain scans become more sophisticated, the Boston Globe points out that some privacy advocates are concerned about brain privacy. Could employees be scanned for violent or depressive impulses? Could soldiers be screened for homosexuality? It sounds like a Philip K. Dick vision of the future, but some predict this will be a bigger ethical issue than genetics."

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  1. Who's laughing now wide-open-brain-boy? by Jack+William+Bell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And you thought my tinfoil hat was crazy!

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