2008年10月29日星期三

Profolio 5

The abuse of the new technology is not a strange topic. In the two article I have read recently the abuse of the brain mapping is mentioned. If I was the researcher of the technology brain mapping, I will try my best to predict the potential abuse of it and then to minimize the unethical abuses.

First, the most possible abuse of the brain mapping is that the employer will want to keep watch over the thoughts of the employee, which definitely trespasses the private right of the employees. To avoid such tortious acts, the laws focus on the brain mapping is a must. The laws can stipulate that the employers can only view their employee's thoughts under the limited situations, and before that the employer must get the permit of related department of the government. In such case, I think the technology could work very well. Second, the brain mapping technology is reliable but not perfectly accurate, so too much reliance on the brain mapping technology is also a kind of abuse. Because brain is a very complex organism, though the computer is able to "read" it more or less, nobody can guarantee the accuracy of the brain mapping. As to this kind of abuse, the solution is that the testing results of the brain mapping can only be treated as references. Maybe with the development of the technology, we can depend more and more on the technology.
Third, the most controversial one, the parents will try to match their children's brain scans to the famous celebrities. It will easily lead to a brain testing juggernaut tomorrow. This is quite bad for the whole society, and many children with undiscovered potential may probably lose the opportunity to develop those ability. More rules should be established on the brain mapping on children.

That is my prediction and solution of the possible abuse.

4 条评论:

Shen 说...

the style of writing is informal. It would be better for an academic writing to be more formal especially in choosing linking words.

The conclusion does not summarize the essay above.

Jenny, Zhou Xuan 说...

your examples of certain situations where mind mapping may be abused are good and helpful for the readers to visualize the harm. however, the structure is a lit bit unclear. i'm not sure whether the three points are the negative effects or solutions to the abuses

WANG QING 说...

The ideas are clearly elaborated and expressed. The content is well organized. However, some words are informal.

ZUO YU 说...

On the whole, the language could be improved. The content is good but a little ambiguous.... I think.