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You consider sodium pentathol torture?
I present the hypothetical
Suspect A. Suspect A has been investigated and the police have presented enough evidence to the court to warrent an indictment. After a routine health check to ensure there will be no complications the suspect is given a pre determined dose of sodium pentathol by doctors approved through a process akin to jury duty.
No purgery, no lies in court.
Lawyer - "did you rape that girl"
suspect A. - "Yes I did"
- we can be assured he is not lying because he cannot
or
Lawyer - "did you rape that girl"
suspect A. - "No I did not"
- we can be assured he is not lying because he cannot
sounds beautifull to me..
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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