Mind Reading

It's fantastic to live now a days where the things that many years ago were considered only science fiction, are now reality. In psychology class I learned that there is a technique used in radiology called MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that can read and indentify where the movement and activity in our brains are. It is also useful to see the heart and to detect certain cancers.

Scientists tell that in approximately 4 to 6 years the brain reading machine would not only read it, but also read what people are thinking or what they intend to do. Reading minds is a very controversial topic. First of all because every person has rights and one of them is privacy. It would also be complicated if the government or other organisms tried to use this for their benefit.

Nobody wants others to know what they are thinking, but it could also help the policemen in solving crimes. For example, if in a trial the judge wants to know if the person accused is telling the truth, the judge could use the MRI to determine whether he or she is telling the truth. I think that it is a very good idea to improve the techonology and keep advancing because it can bring us new and interesting things, but with certain limits.