Neuroscientists to Top Brass: Mess With Minds… Carefully

Lisa Simeone · Feb 8, 2012

Neuroscientists to Top Brass: Mess With Minds… Carefully

“The neuroscientists conducting this research also need to be aware that knowledge and technologies used for beneficial purposes can also be misused for harmful purposes,” he argues.
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Ethical issues aside, Flower questions whether the resources being used for neuroscience research for potential military applications might not be better deploted elsewhere: “The application of neuroscience research in the development of enhancement and degradation technologies for military and law enforcement use raises significant ethical considerations. Support for this type of research is potentially diverting funding and resources away from other important social applications such as the treatment of neurological impairment, disease, and psychiatric illness. This is why it should be subject to ethical review and as transparent as possible.”
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