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10-4-2007 1:10 AM
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pokkets says:
They write their findings could have implications for understanding the behaviour of psychopaths. They mention the activity regarding subjects that are presented with the possibility of punishment for their actions. Should guilt be another focus of this study? Guilt is related to both the action, and the fear of punishment. There is the idea that a psychopath has a conscience that is dysfunctional, but if this research leads to means if inducing subjects to condemn themselves, for failing to comply with arbitrary regulation, what can this research contribute to the development of crowd control, and social engineering aspirations? I know this seems alarmist, but they are trying to gather what they can from the location of a thought. When we have trouble explaining consciousness. While the conscious mind may be the tip of the ice berg, we have no idea how much ice there is.
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10-5-2007 8:43 AM
zadoz
have a look at " prision planet " go to blue print ...
10-5-2007 5:13 PM
syncopath
bad news .. -))
i thought we have 2take down all rules, and live like Human Beings. but then, there will be no-thing to break, and then again, what will happen with lighting up the brain?? .. ))
10-5-2007 10:24 PM
pokkets
They've found out what happens, but they're still trying to work out why.
10-7-2007 4:47 AM
mugofcoffee
oh huh..interesting...
10-7-2007 5:55 AM
abailart
It's 'not breaking the rules' that keeps us in line. Guilt of social condemnation is an unpleasant feeling which we try to avoid. How about if we question the guilt to see if it is appropraite. Unpleasant as it is, some people have found that overcoming the fear of condemnation is one of the trials to be faced in being true to yourself.
10-7-2007 8:58 AM
pokkets
I know, because they were conducting an experiment they wanted to be able to design it can be repeated in a way that would allow other results to be compared.
Guilt, and social condemnation, can be fairly subjective, so I suppose it would be like testing for an opinion, when they were trying to test for brain activity.
I can be critical of those who read too much into results, and can call results that support a theory fact, but I often make the same mistake.
It might be easy to record what people do, and record brain activity, (the word easy being relative.) but identifying what the thought patterns and activity represent. takes the inquiry to another level.
It has occurred to me since,...
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