Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan

Kaseijin writes "Neuroscientist Champadi Raman Mukundan claims his Brain Electrical Oscillations Signature test is so accurate, it can tell whether a person committed or only witnessed an act. In June, an Indian judge agreed, using BEOS to find a woman guilty of killing her former fiancé. Scientific experts are calling the decision 'ridiculous' and 'unconscionable,' protesting that Mukundan's work has not even been peer reviewed. How reliable should a test have to be, when eyewitnesses are notoriously fallible? Does a person have a right to privacy over their own memories, or should society's interest in holding criminals accountable come first?"

Comments

DHS has to be involved!

[fishthegeek]

Dang and I thought the DRM in Vista was bad. I had no idea that BEOS could determine if I witnessed a crime.

I knew that it was ahead of it's time but Geesh! Does anyone know what version he is using?

Just goes to show, there is no security by obscurity! Hopefully those Haiku guys will get it up and running soon!

If you don't allow it

[Chrisq]

You will be a terrorist supporter and friend to the paedophiles. Don't even think of preventing use of this weapon against perverts and terrorists.

Think of the Children (but not in that way... we will know).

obligatory firefly reference

[jedijoe9]

Am I the only one who rad the headline and thought: "Also, I can kill you with my brain."

Re:5th

[KeithJM]

psychics are real despite what the blowhard freak James Randi would have you believe.

Ok, I will grant that psychics are real. It's just their supernatural abilities that are fake.

Re:5th

[DaveV1.0]

No, it determines if she weighs the same as a duck.

what if

[someone1234]

What if James Randi has a psychic power of neutralizing other para guys?
Then he catches them in an alley and sucks their brain out.
No wonder they don't dare to fight him.
Ooops, sounds like i watched too much Heroes...