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Minority Report Research Paper

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Minority Report

What’s the best way to lower the homicide rate? By stopping homicides before they happen? At least that’s what the precrime police thought. Neuroin, a new drug introduced into society causes major birth defects in children of moms that use it. Many did not survive, but three were saved. They had an unwanted gift though. They could successfully predict future homicides by visions they receive. These children, called precognitives or precogs, help the department of precrime to completely stop murders in Washington D.C. for 6 years. The system was thought to be perfect, until a prevision was seen predicting John Anderton, one of the heads of precrime, is predicted to kill someone he hasn’t even met yet. John takes off to try …show more content…

The security is higher, using a scan of the retina, which is more reliable than a fingerprint, a signature or a pin number. The computers are highly advanced, no longer having touch screens, but projections that can be maneuvered by hand motions. Cars that drive themselves in the far future seem much safer, and more convenient. Minimal crashes will occur, and a person could do other things instead of driving, say finishing a reaction paper… Although the precrime was a good idea, it proved to be unreliable and manipulatable, the precrime police did decide to take it down in the end, returning to more reasonable methods of fighting crime. With good always comes bad. I mean, how would we define what is good without the evil? With the updated technologies came things like new, more detrimental drugs, and attempts to get around these new technologies. The removing or replacing of eyeballs is an example of a retaliation to these new technologies. But, you have to expect people will find new ways to cheat the system and get around new securities. The good, new technology overrides the bad things of society. Subsequently, I believe that the future society is better than

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