No More Secrets

In law, thoughts are not punishable -- actions are. Tom Cruise's movie, "A Minority Report," depicted a futuristic society where people could be jailed for thinking of committing a crime. This report by 60 Minutes shows that that future may not be far off. Technology has advanced so that computers can read simple thoughts by charting our brain pattern. I wonder about a world when we have truly no privacy -- but then again, I am sure we can also create technology to block mind reading as well.