The statement to be commented upon is this: Law enforcement and the judicial system should be permitted to obtain "search warrants" allowing investigators to measure and decode the brain activity of witnesses, suspects, and other parties associated with law-enforcement investigations. What potential advantages/disadvantages or unintended consequences do you see with this technology? How can the nature of thinking and thoughts lend itself to problems with this technology? To facilitate thinking about how one thinks, a helpful exercise may be to go to a quiet room without any distractions and just be mindful of the thoughts that come to your head. Review these resources as introductions to this technology: Reading Minds.pdf Download Reading Minds.pdf: Smith, K., "Reading Minds." Nature, 502, 428-430 (2013). Reading MindsLinks to an external site., Nature video Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind, by Yasmin Anwar, Berkeley News