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kengrPolitical bias affects brain activity, study finds
If such scans can ever be done with relatively cheap, portable gear, we'd have the possibility of being able to exclude biased people from decisions.
Alas, getting the biased people in power to pass laws that'd *allow* rejecting biased jurors, judges, etc from decisions isn't terribly likely.
And I can see such technology being used to exclude people who *don't* share the "acceptable" biases.
But one can hope that someday we can deal with biased people...
If such scans can ever be done with relatively cheap, portable gear, we'd have the possibility of being able to exclude biased people from decisions.
Alas, getting the biased people in power to pass laws that'd *allow* rejecting biased jurors, judges, etc from decisions isn't terribly likely.
And I can see such technology being used to exclude people who *don't* share the "acceptable" biases.
But one can hope that someday we can deal with biased people...
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Date: 2006-02-01 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-02-01 09:48 am (UTC)"Everyone from executives and judges to scientists AND POLITICIANS may reason to emotionally biased judgments when they have a vested interest in how to interpret 'the facts,'" Westen said.
my comment was really based on assuming the word "politician" was in the first paragraph,though. I suppose that exposes MY biases now. :D
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Date: 2006-02-01 08:20 am (UTC)*That* is what I'm hopeful for. Being able to exclude the "dogma over brains" folks.
What I'm worried about is the potential to select *for* people who go for sound-bites over considering the facts.
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Date: 2006-02-01 09:49 pm (UTC)