Homework 8

the core plot element of minority report is that it involves psychic people to predict the crimes. taking out the element of the supernatural, it is highly doubtful that we will be able to create any sort of pre-crime division. we could develop allot of predictions on how people generally act, and try to predict crimes, but because everyone is different, there would be too many deviations to be a legitimate crime prevention technology.

i think the main meaning behind the movie is that we are allowing less then ideal classifications and systems be a part of our legal system and every day life. this can jeopardize our freedom and even our innocence if such incomplete things are allowed to become the norm.

even if you found genes that made someone likely to commit crimes, you could not convict a person before they commit a crime even if they posses the gene in a free country. the best method would be to understand this gene better and find a way to modify it and remove it from the human population.