Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan 453
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?"
They think... (Score:4, Funny)
... they can reliably read someone's mind to determine whether they committed a crime?
That is mental.
DHS has to be involved! (Score:5, Funny)
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!
Just goes to show.. (Score:5, Funny)
..BEOS has always been way ahead of the competition!
Convicted by BeOS! (Score:5, Funny)
I hear the judge has ordered that she be imprisoned inside a giant NeXTcube.
Re:Did anyone else ... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah. I was hoping to read about how if you put a brain scan machine up to 11 the person's head explodes. But no.
Un documented feature (Score:2, Funny)
With an undocumented feature like that, I'm surprised BeOS isn't still around.
Re:Interesting (Score:4, Funny)
That's right. And if you want to stand up for women's rights vote McCain Palin 2008! Palin - Because women are always the victim (tm).
Re:5th (Score:5, Funny)
Ah. So it's a machine to determine if she's made of wood?
If you don't allow it (Score:5, Funny)
Think of the Children (but not in that way... we will know).
Miss Scarlet, in the Study, with the MRI (Score:3, Funny)
obligatory firefly reference (Score:5, Funny)
Re:5th (Score:5, Funny)
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 (Score:5, Funny)
No, it determines if she weighs the same as a duck.
Re:They think... (Score:4, Funny)
I could kill the operator of the scanner with a thought. Simple countermeasures.
Just concentrate on an imagine of a combination of Goatse, Tubgirl, 2g1c, and Lemon Party. Instant aneurysm.
Everyone knows... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I see Phrenology (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Did anyone else ... (Score:3, Funny)
BEos? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They think... (Score:5, Funny)
Seems like a Pyrrhic victory.
what if (Score:5, Funny)
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...
Re:They think... (Score:5, Funny)
I could kill the operator of the scanner with a thought. Simple countermeasures. Just concentrate on an imagine of a combination of Goatse, Tubgirl, 2g1c, and Lemon Party. Instant aneurysm.
So that's what the title means with Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan. Murder by Brain Scan - the googles do nothing...
Re:5th (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe the dog is just a good listener.
Re:The developed world has similar attitudes (Score:5, Funny)
You seem to believe that people should be imprisoned for being attracted to children. Around 25-33% of men are aroused by children*; who is going to pay for that level of imprisonment?
That is not a problem for America. You just lack a positive attitude, over here we're AmeriCAN not AmeriCAN'T.