Some doctors suggested that brain mapping could help doctors in the study of autism, paranoid schizophrenia and Pick’s disease. (National Science Foundation) It might seem great that brain mapping can actually benefit those people who suffered from these illnesses; however this is just one side of the story. There are people who fear that brain mapping might be abused by some people and use it unethically. Since brain mapping can actually allow doctors to take a peek into one’s brain, some unscrupulous people can use it to forcefully obtain personal information like passwords, bank account numbers etc. However, there might be some ways to minimize this abuse.
Firstly, access to this equipment and technology must be safe guarded by the government, and certain set of laws must be drawn up to deter anyone from trying to abuse it. Everyone should be given a choice whether to allow doctors to use this technology on them. However there are some exceptions like during the interrogation of criminals or suspects, in order to save time and get the truth out as quickly as possible, the police will have to use brain mapping.
Secondly, those scientists should try to maintain the complexity of using this technology so that not any person can use it easily like the way they use handphone. This will reduce the number of people who are able to use therefore further reducing the possibility of it being abused.
In conclusion, there are no doubts that brain mapping will actually benefit the society but we must also be careful of the potential of it being abused. Although the potential of it being abused cannot be totally eliminated, there are steps which can be taken to minimize it. To end off, whether will it be abused really boils down to individuals, if one really wants to abuse it, he will fine means and ways to do that.
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I strongly agree with your points of view. To avoid the abuse of mind-mapping technology, maybe the most important element should be moral senses and ethical principles. However, I found your last sentence: "To end off, whether will it be abused really boils down to individuals, if one really wants to abuse it, he will fine means and ways to do that" very interesting. Alternately, we can just say, if we really don't want abuse to happen, we will find ways to do that also...:p
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