Honesty plays a key role in social and economic life. Without honesty, promises are not kept, contracts are not enforced, taxes remain unpaid. Despite the importance of honesty for society, its biological basis remains poorly understood. Researchers at the University of Zurich, together with colleagues from Chicago and Boston, now show that honest behavior can be increased by means of non-invasive brain stimulation. The results of their research highlight a deliberation process between honesty and self-interest in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC). (Science Daily: Brain stimulation influences honest behavior)
Ed: if you make a Truth Beam and point it at politicians, they will explode!
OK so use Sean Spicer as the subject and run that thought again. What's the problem with the explosion? He's easily-replaced and they will just get another one so, go ahead, blow him up.
The researchers applied transcranial direct current stimulation over a region in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC). This noninvasive brain stimulation method makes brain cells more sensitive i.e., they are more likely to be active. When the researchers applied this stimulation during the task, participants were less likely to cheat. However, the number of consistent cheaters remained the same. Christian Ruff, UZH Professor of Neuroeconomics, points out "This finding suggests that the stimulation mainly reduced cheating in participants who actually experienced a moral conflict, but did not influence the decision making process in those not in those who were committed to maximizing their earnings."
- SD
If it won't affect those trying to maximize earnings then what good is it except for some stupid game show. The types of people trying to maximize earnings are some of the worst liars on the planet.
Ed: so far I'm just hearing that it can bust cheating boyfriends and so what.
Yep, it appears that way.
They just have to shrink it, don't they.
According to the researchers, these findings are an important first step in identifying the brain processes that allow people to behave honestly. "These brain processes could lie at the heart of individual differences and possibly pathologies of honest behavior," explains Christian Ruff. And finally, the new results raise the question to what degree honest behavior is based on biological predispositions, which may be crucial for jurisdiction. Michel Maréchal summarizes: "If breaches of honesty indeed represent an organic condition, our results question to what extent people can be made fully liable for their wrongdoings."
- SD
Welcome back to Disneyland, Pluto.
People worry about robos but overt behavior modification by scientists with good intentions gets us a whole lot more concerned than we are about Number 5 (i.e. the robo from "Short Circuit").
Ed: do we need the full exposition of the Altruistic Homogenization of Humans?
Nah ... if they're already cows they won't understand and the others already know.
Moo
Ed: if you make a Truth Beam and point it at politicians, they will explode!
OK so use Sean Spicer as the subject and run that thought again. What's the problem with the explosion? He's easily-replaced and they will just get another one so, go ahead, blow him up.
The researchers applied transcranial direct current stimulation over a region in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (rDLPFC). This noninvasive brain stimulation method makes brain cells more sensitive i.e., they are more likely to be active. When the researchers applied this stimulation during the task, participants were less likely to cheat. However, the number of consistent cheaters remained the same. Christian Ruff, UZH Professor of Neuroeconomics, points out "This finding suggests that the stimulation mainly reduced cheating in participants who actually experienced a moral conflict, but did not influence the decision making process in those not in those who were committed to maximizing their earnings."
- SD
If it won't affect those trying to maximize earnings then what good is it except for some stupid game show. The types of people trying to maximize earnings are some of the worst liars on the planet.
Ed: so far I'm just hearing that it can bust cheating boyfriends and so what.
Yep, it appears that way.
They just have to shrink it, don't they.
According to the researchers, these findings are an important first step in identifying the brain processes that allow people to behave honestly. "These brain processes could lie at the heart of individual differences and possibly pathologies of honest behavior," explains Christian Ruff. And finally, the new results raise the question to what degree honest behavior is based on biological predispositions, which may be crucial for jurisdiction. Michel Maréchal summarizes: "If breaches of honesty indeed represent an organic condition, our results question to what extent people can be made fully liable for their wrongdoings."
- SD
Welcome back to Disneyland, Pluto.
People worry about robos but overt behavior modification by scientists with good intentions gets us a whole lot more concerned than we are about Number 5 (i.e. the robo from "Short Circuit").
Ed: do we need the full exposition of the Altruistic Homogenization of Humans?
Nah ... if they're already cows they won't understand and the others already know.
Moo
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