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My comment was in reply to a scenario involving a crime. In this case you would be accountable to society/law enforcement. Unless you live in a cave, we're all

by ux-app 11y ago

My comment was in reply to a scenario involving a crime. In this case you would be accountable to society/law enforcement. Unless you live in a cave, we're all accountable to many others, employers, loved ones etc, and, finally even to ourselves. After all haven't we all felt embarrassed or ashamed of something we did in a 'prior brain state'. > Who can examine your actual brain states anyway? Much can be inferred from actions. > This sounds like mind police A hyperbolic term. Aren't we all in a sense policing each other's minds? Part of living in a functional society involves creating and reinforcing social norms so that we can live in a slightly less chaotic world.

jsprogrammer 11y ago
Actions are different from brain state (as I can gather its definition in this thread). Are their brain states that shouldn't be allowed?
- ux-app 11y ago
  > Actions are different from brain state I think it would be fair to say that actions are a result of brain state, but not all brain states result in actions. > Are their brain states that shouldn't be allowed? Seems you've gone for a more philosophical angle. Of course your secret heat of hearts is yours and yours alone. We don't yet have the technology to decipher your thoughts, and even if/when we do we probably(hopefully) won't police them. In a more practical sense, when policing your own thoughts there certainly are thought patterns and by extension brain states that you should avoid because they have negative side-effects. Some examples are OCD, depression etc. For these there are medications and therapies designed to help correct aberrant brain states.