Re: Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Ron Blue
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Michael J. Kane wrote: > > > > In addition to his work on Brain Fingerprinting, Dr. Farwell > > has authored the forthcoming book: How Consciousness > > Commands Matter: The New Scientific Revolution and the > > Evidence t

Re: Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Stephen Black
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Michael J. Kane wrote: > > In addition to his work on Brain Fingerprinting, Dr. Farwell > has authored the forthcoming book: How Consciousness > Commands Matter: The New Scientific Revolution and the > Evidence that Anything Is Possible. > > Acc

Re: Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Michael J. Kane
Hi Tipsters & PESTS, For your consideration: In addition to his work on Brain Fingerprinting, Dr. Farwell has authored the forthcoming book: How Consciousness Commands Matter: The New Scientific Revolution and the Evidence that Anything Is Possible. According to his website: "Dr

RE: Weeds, Grass, and Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Shearon, Tim
berts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Weeds, Grass, and Brain Fingerprinting I must admit when I first heard the words "Brain Fingerprinting" I was also quite concerned. The claims were a bit outrageous, but the science

Re: Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam!

2000-12-11 Thread Paul Brandon
At 10:42 AM -0500 12/11/00, David wrote: >On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Stephen Black went: > >> I discovered their website without too much trouble >> (http://brainwavescience.com/), and it had all the usual signs of >> quackery: grandiose claims, association with Harvard University, > >Hey, Larry Farwell

Re: Weeds, Grass, and Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Stephen Black
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I must admit when I first heard the words "Brain Fingerprinting" I was also > quite concerned. The claims were a bit outrageous, but the science behind > them is fairly sound. The brain will respond differently to information

Re: Weeds, Grass, and Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Steven Specht
t" fictitious crime. Even though that is based upon "sound science", I would hope that it wouldn't be used for forensic purposes! BTW, students get a real kick out of it. Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I must admit when I first heard the words "Brain Fingerprinting" I was

Re: Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam!

2000-12-11 Thread Ron Blue
L PROTECTED]> To: "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 1:13 AM Subject: Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam! > The US TV investigative journalism programme _60 Minutes_ tonight > did a report on a technique called "Brain fingerprinting

Re: Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam!

2000-12-11 Thread Paul Brandon
At 1:13 AM -0500 12/11/00, Stephen Black wrote: >The US TV investigative journalism programme _60 Minutes_ tonight >did a report on a technique called "Brain fingerprinting" which >purports to identify criminals by analyzing their brain waves. >It sounded like class

Weeds, Grass, and Brain Fingerprinting

2000-12-11 Thread Jonathan Roberts
I must admit when I first heard the words "Brain Fingerprinting" I was also quite concerned. The claims were a bit outrageous, but the science behind them is fairly sound. The brain will respond differently to information that is familiar than to information that is novel. (thi

Re: Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam!

2000-12-11 Thread David
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Stephen Black went: > I discovered their website without too much trouble > (http://brainwavescience.com/), and it had all the usual signs of > quackery: grandiose claims, association with Harvard University, Hey, Larry Farwell is a "Former Harvard Faculty Member"! On close

Brain fingerprinting: not another neuroscam!

2000-12-10 Thread Stephen Black
The US TV investigative journalism programme _60 Minutes_ tonight did a report on a technique called "Brain fingerprinting" which purports to identify criminals by analyzing their brain waves. It sounded like classic neuroquackery to me, especially when they claimed that the bra