Inside the New Science of Neuroengineering

palegray.net writes "Wired brings us a look into the world of neuroengineering, the science of hacking the brain to improve its function. Dr. Ed Boyden is the director of MIT's Neuroengineering and Neuromedia Lab, focusing on innovative methods of physically altering neuroanatomy for various purposes. As useful as discoveries in the field may be, the work certainly raises moral and ethical questions. From the article: '"If we surgically or electrically modify someone's personality... that raises many questions about personal identity, (of) who we are at our core," says Dr. Debra Matthews of The Berman Institute of Bioethics. "We place ourselves in the mind and therefore the brain. (Mood-altering surgery) feels like fundamentally modifying who a person is."'"

Comments

Re:Boring question

[Nick Ives]

Moralists are the reason medical science is stuck in the stone age

So, you're opposed to all ethics in medical science. That means you oppose the Nuremberg Code.

Sorry to get all Godwin on you but that means you're either a proto-Nazi, a troll or a clueless fuckwit. Medical ethics are important to stop crimes against humanity and it's quite proper that there should be a debate about what's OK and what isn't.