The podcast for Scientific American this week discussed neuroscience and the law. This topic brings so many different thoughts into my head. They might be the same thoughts people had before DNA evidence linked people to crimes? (Excitement and doubt! Is this possible? Is this reliable?) On the other hand, with neuroscience there are potentially less concrete concepts at work (at this point) when linking activities of human and neuroscience. Whether people think that this type of talk will excuse bad behavior OR help get to the cause of the behavior is an interesting discussion. Thoughts?
The podcast also makes me think of the movie Minority Report!
