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Scientists Predicting Intentions

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the science-of-mind-reading dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us German scientists claim to have the means of predicting decisions of high level mental activity. "In the past, experts had been able to detect decisions about making physical movements in advance. But researchers at Berlin's Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience claim they have now, for the first time, identified people's decisions about how they would later do a high-level mental activity _ in this case, adding versus subtracting."

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  1. Pre-Crime by biocute · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean like what Tom Cruise did 5 years ago?

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    1. Re:Pre-Crime by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, this technology will far and away make crime a risky business. Whether your name is Mohammed or Jerry Maguire, this should be able to separate out the real criminals without any collateral damage. Hopefully though this stays in the hands of a few good men who make all the right moves - ones who aren't swayed by the color of money - or else our society could collapse into a war of the worlds.

    2. Re:Pre-Crime by Dan+Slotman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Huh. Insightful is it? I just see a lot of Tom Cruise movie titles strung together. Where I come from, that's a joke!

  2. I, for one,... by Joe+Random · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...intend on welcoming our mind-reading overlords (as they well know).

  3. Re:Suspicion by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    My first reaction is suspicion

    As I knew it would be!

  4. Re:Cool I think by Joe+Random · · Score: 3, Funny

    Truly you have a dizzying intellect.

  5. Re:Suspicion by BWJones · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK, I almost sprayed coffee all over my keyboard and displays. Somebody mod this as funny!

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  6. Whoa. by FlyByPC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Adding and subtracting is "high-level" intellectual activity, now?

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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  7. Yes, but... by Halo1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... can they also predict dupes?

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  8. Re:devil's advocate by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turns out he is both, he is watching the birds trying to figure out which one to molest. Who would have guessed?

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  9. Re:A bit ambiguous by Toonol · · Score: 2, Funny
    What is likely, is they can't tell whether you will buy a PS3 or an XBox 360

    Sheesh, I can tell you that... they ain't gonna buy a PS3.