Tuesday, April 27, 2010

1234 Thought Phone

I wrote the other day about how scientists have determined that a magnetic pulse to a brain area right behind the right ear can cause people’s moral judgment to become more harsh and black and white.
Judging with less grey and being less open to extenuating circumstances.
What’s interesting is that this seat of moral black-and-white judgment is only on the right side of the brain. So is there a similar area on the left, but it’s more diffuse and disordered? The brain having its own authoritarian-versus-democratic dichotomy?
I recently read another article, which said that law enforcement agencies are now routinely taking advantage of your cellphone’s GPS electronics to follow you. Thousands of requests a month are made to judges to allow such surveillance.
And the interesting thing is they don’t even need a reason. They just have to say you are the subject of an ongoing investigation. Police liken it to following you physically down the street.
Um, 24/7...?
Some people have no problem with it. They’re happy trading freedom for security. But I wonder. When you are driving down the street and you see a policeman behind you, do you change your behavior in any way?
Maybe you won’t stop in that perfectly legal bar or political office. In some areas of the country, you’d probably stay away from visiting a mosque too.
At least right before you go to the airport.
So my next question, if the police are latched onto our cellphones...and the law has now made us wear handsfree Bluetooth earpieces... and if magnetic pulses near our ears can alter our brain waves...can they send out a signal and mess with our thoughts?
Are mind-controlled zombies on the Verizon?
Thought control...there’s an app for that.
America, ya gotta love it.

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