February 12, 2004
A terrible idea
The New York Times is reporting that someone has developed what is called the "Love Detector", a technological device similar to a polygraph that analyzes voices to detect, well, "love". This is, as I have said, a terrible idea. First of all, one would think that there are, *ahem*, biological methods for "detecting" that kind of thing. You know what I mean. Second, no piece of technology will ever be able to substitute for that gut feeling of whether or not said MOS is into you. Thirdly, being able to tell whether or not said MOS is into you is something of a survival trait, no? So unless we want to start breeding from the shallow end of the gene pool...
Okay, just kidding on that last one. But seriously, this strikes me as a dramatically Bad Thing.
Somebody needs to invent an "ass" detector for people who have trouble finding their own with both hands. I can think of about a dozen people here at the office that would greatly benefit from something like that.
Posted by: ron at February 12, 2004 11:13 AM