Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners - A mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential threat. [LiveScience]

When I first saw this article, I thought it couldn't be as silly as it sounded. I was wrong. The premise is based on the same faulty assumptions that lie detectors are based on without the benefit of controls.

All in all, I was hoping that this would be capable of detecting how stupid most of these ideas were. Oh well, if it doesn't work in airports, perhaps it can replace the "dowsing rods" currently used to detect explosives.