Neuro Predictions

The term neuro predictions can be defined as, “The use of human brain imaging data to predict how a person will feel or behave in the future,” according to a Washington Post article. Scientists have studied, researched, and experimented to find out how they can look into one’s biological process and tell what future actions they will make in the future. Through this research, they have concluded that neuro predictions can be used in our current legal system to predict if criminals will continue to be violent; thus helping the legal system know how long to sentence one to jail. This can be an issue for our future society because yes, one may have the ‘violent’ gene but that doesn’t always mean that they are going to commit that crime due to …show more content…
This is because they would use it for the prediction of future violent actions to tell how long to place someone in jail, or to prevent that individual from committing a crime. Now, there can be many issues with having neuro prediction in the legal system; one of those being what we learn about one’s biological process. More than wanted could come up in the results of the test; including if they will get a serious illness. Would that affect if or how long to put one in prison? Another issue could be if someone takes that information and uses it for other than what is done in the courtroom. A way that these issues could be resolved is by only using information from the test that are relevant to the situation, or keeping all the results in a locked and secure place that is only permitted by designated …show more content…
The movie is set in a future society where they have the technology to predict when, where, and who committed a crime; and then arresting that person before the crime is even committed. Think of that frustration one would have if they got arrested before they did anything. Another examples is one that was mentioned before; the movie Divergent. In the movie, it is also set in a future society where they give teenagers an aptitude test to determine where they belong. They are put into different groups depending on their test. This can be relevant because this could be a probable issue for the future of neuro predictions. For now it may be just in the justice system, but it could evolve to where we are being classified into groups. Looking into one’s biological process to tell who people belong with and what they should do with their