𒀭𒂗𒆠 on Nostr: npub1j2yjk…rggdc well, yeah. and we've more or less known this since the 80s. (or ...
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well, yeah. and we've more or less known this since the 80s. (or at least, people paying attention to the intersection of neuroscience and the legal system have)
but on the other hand, our whole legal system hinges on philosophical foundations that are pretty definitively bogus (ex., the notion of a fully independent individual with free will over their actions), and the legal system will embrace absolute pseudoscience (like blood spatter analysis) for as long as it's convenient
this is also true of pretty much every other institution, though: we all go through our lives every day pretending to believe in various kinds of lies that exist to slot us into a large complex system we have no control over
well, yeah. and we've more or less known this since the 80s. (or at least, people paying attention to the intersection of neuroscience and the legal system have)
but on the other hand, our whole legal system hinges on philosophical foundations that are pretty definitively bogus (ex., the notion of a fully independent individual with free will over their actions), and the legal system will embrace absolute pseudoscience (like blood spatter analysis) for as long as it's convenient
this is also true of pretty much every other institution, though: we all go through our lives every day pretending to believe in various kinds of lies that exist to slot us into a large complex system we have no control over