Re: India’s Novel Use of Brain Scans in Co urts Is Debated

[Sarad AV]

like i said, i don't know why they admit it as evidence. torturing is
definitely bad.

Sarad.

--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Bill Stewart <bill.stewart at pobox.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: IndiaC"b,b"s Novel Use of Brain  Scans  in Co   urts Is
Debated
> To: cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:57 AM
> At 04:10 AM 9/17/2008, Sarad AV wrote:
> >they also do narco analysis and polygraph tests. i am
> not sure if they can be
> >admitted as evidence. the courts in india are so over
> stressed for sure but
> >have no clue why an unproven technology is allowed as
> evidence.
>
>
> Because it sounds Really Really Scientific!
> That's why E-Meters work so well also!
>
> (Oh, wait, you mean the courts are using pseudoscientific
> trash to
> intimidate people because some scammer told them it'd
> get the results they
> wanted?)
>
> Also, the article says that the proponents
> say it could make waterboarding obsolete.
> It can't - the purpose of waterboarding is to torture
> your enemy,
> and to get him to accuse other people, and this doesn't
> do that;
> neither one of them will give you true information,
> and India's too civilized a place to use torture.