how to take two stories and make a horrifying device

Well Aftonbladet a Swedish tabloid has made it again. This time by combining two different technological advances, and then combining them in an article to make it seem like researchers have invented a mind reading machine.

First they write four sentences about a British experiment where scientists have managed to discover where in a virtual world a subject is using a MRI to scan the brain. (Yes they are noisy, and claustrofobic you would notice if someone where scanning you…) Basically just reading out a trace of your spatial abilities. BBC have written about if here.

Then they continue with copying the content of a FOX News article about  “Future Attribute Screening Technology” (FAST) which is a technique to monitor how nervous a person is. This is all done by analyzing sweat, temperature, micro movements and breathing. Far from mind reading… (Also they manage to claim that it was a British invention when it in fact was American, also called MALINTENT developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

So by this simple method people can now be scared of riscing having their minds read.

Naturally the blogers got it right. For example here and here.
By the way, no idea to whear that foil hat. It will be dectected too..

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