Over these few decades, we’ve seen a lot of movies relating to brain mapping technologies. Even though this technology may not be so advanced as compared to what the movies have shown, it definitely has contributed certain pros and cons to our society.
With the aids of brain mapping technologies, police and judges are able to detect criminals easily as criminals cannot lie in the presence of these technologies. Besides that, brain mapping also enables brain disorder, such as schizophrenia, to be discovered earlier and hence, preventions and treatments can be carried out earlier.
However, growing with this technology development is the risen of certain ethical issues. Problems involving privacy and access may occur as a result of misuse of these technologies. Hence, measures need to be taken in order to avoid possible ethical abuses.
Most importantly, the authorized owner and target of these technologies must be clarified. Thus, rules and regulations need to be established in detailed. For example, only high-rank government officers have the authority to get contact with the machines. Besides that, not all criminals should be exposed to brain mapping test; in contrast, only those possess the highest possibilities with terrorism should be considered.
Furthermore, the use of brain mapping for medical purposes should also be controlled. Not everyone should be given the chance to undergo brain mapping. In fact, many possible cases of brain disorders can be detect through psychological testing. Moreover, the doctors must also undergo several rigorous test before they are given the permission for access.
In conclusion, the more brain mapping technologies being exposed to the society, the higher is the risk of technology misuse, as it will provide more chances for hackers. Brain mapping technologies could be a powerful instrument; any misuse of these technologies could bring disastrous consequences to the society. Therefore, scientists studying this technology and government are responsible for its uses and limitation.
3 comments:
hi wern fei! sufficient reading were done before proceeding with your last portfolio. choice of words are suitable but still with some grammatical errors. in your sentence, 'officers have the authority to get contact with the machines', instead of using contact, you can use the word 'access'? in this case, contact does not seem very right. nothing else much to say but good luck in your finals!
Hello..Interesting suggestions on ways to minimize potential unethical abuses on brain mapping technologies. Anyhow, you mention that only high-rank government officers are eligible to use the technology but does it mean all high rank officers are reliable and low-rank officers are not? I think there are some misconceptions. Maybe more eleborations can be provided to avoid misunderstanding. There are a few grammar mistakes. Overall i enjoy reading your posts over this period. All the best in exam!
Hi all, thanks for the comments~ ^^ Calvin you are right, thanks for correcting me. I actually was trying to expand the choices of word used but it somehow turned to be wrong >.< Regarding to Lai Shan's comment, I'm not applying that low-rank officers are not reliable. In fact, it's not the matter of reliability that I want to emphasize on, it's just that I think the access to this technology should be highly limited. As mentioned in the first sentence in the same paragraph, the authorized owner of the technology must be clarified, and I think only the high-rank government officers should be given the authority (in the conditions that they must also go through some test). I also thought of further elaborate the idea but the paragraph will then seems to be very long and the organization will become imbalance >.<
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