Neuroscientist By Susan Greenfield Summary

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Author Greenfield’s Susan article, “Modern technology is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist”, published in MailOnline on 3rd August 2010, emphasizes technology is extensively modifying our life as human beings. The author, a neuroscientist, opposes technology that changes the physical and mental capacity of a normal human being. Greenfield Susan mentions the development of mood controlling drugs and prosthetic limbs. Greenfield asks the question, “What would such aspirations to be ‘perfect’ or ‘better’ do to our notions of identity,” concerned about individuality. In an experiment conducted it has been discovered that electronic devices and pharmaceutical drugs affect the brain’s micro- cellular structure and the complex biochemistry. The author mentions one…show more content…
I'm not convinced that scientists will ever find a way of manipulating the brain to make us all much cleverer (it would probably be cheaper and far more effective to manipulate the education system). And nor do I believe that we can somehow be made much happier - not, at least, without somehow anaesthetising ourselves against the sadness and misery that is part and parcel of the human condition. When someone I love dies, I still want to be able to cry. But I do, paradoxically, see potential in one particular direction. I think it possible that we might one day be able to harness outside stimuli in such a way that creativity - surely the ultimate expression of individuality - is actually boosted rather than diminished. I am optimistic and excited by what future research will reveal into the workings of the human brain, and the extraordinary process by which it is translated into a uniquely individual mind. But I'm also concerned that we seem to be so oblivious to the dangers that are already upon us. Well, that debate must start now. Identity, the very essence of what it is to be human, is
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