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The Skeptics Guide #809 - Jan 9 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Are You Treating Depression or Are You Tweaking Your Personality?

There is a ton of awesome things that they could do with this type of brain computer connection. Once we really hack the brain machine interface fully, the brain then just becomes something that we can alter at our will. The real ethical conundrum is going to be like, are you treating depression or are you tweaking your personality? And is it okay? What if I want to change my personality? Is do I have the right to do that? Or be over medicalizing, you know, certain personality traits?

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