Blog 3 Nick Baumann

My favorite part in the movie Minority Report is when John Anderton is holding a gun to Leo Crowe and he is about to shoot him but he cannot pull himself to do it. This is significant to the movie because the Pre-Cogs predicted that John would kill Leo Crowe, so that makes them incorrect.

I do not think that this concept could ever be put into real life because it is inhumane to treat the Pre-Cogs like that. Also it is invasive to see what people are thinking and that is infringement on privacy. It should not in my opinion because it would be a very controversial topic and the population would be against it.

Blog Post 2 Nick Baumann

Pre-Crime as a sign of power of an infallible police state is represented in the movie when John Anderton and Danny Witwer are in an elevator at the police station. John Anderton is holding a gun to Danny’s head, but then Danny states that he did not hear the wooden ball which means that John will not kill him. This is a great example of the infallible police state because the Pre-Cogs can foresee all murders so if John had taken action and killed Danny the Pre-Cogs would see that and one of the wooden balls would have had his name on it.

This term should not be a part of our society because even the Pre-Cogs are sometimes wrong about a murder that they foresaw. This is called a minority report and they are rare but they do occur. Therefore this is not an infallible police state and it is also inhumane for the Pre-Cogs who do not have a chance to live their lives when they have not done anything against the law.  

This principle could have helped in the situation of the Columbine School shooting because the kids who committed the murders had been planning it for almost a year. This would completely change the story and stop the crime from ever happening and taking place.

Blog Post 1 Nick Baumann

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The Pre-Cogs are used to see into the future and prevent murderous crimes. They are kept at a police station in Washington D.C., and are unable to leave. The Pre-Cogs are all siblings and all posses a special power which allows them to foresee the future. In their past they have had nightmares about real murders that are actually occurring. They got their powers because their parents were Neroine addicts and it affected them as babies in their mother.

            In the police station that the Pre-Cogs live in, they are strapped down to a chair and have an object on their head that projects what they are seeing onto the wall. They are also unable to take care of themselves so their have a caregiver who brushes their teeth, feeds them, and makes sure that they are in good health.

            The Pre-Cogs are treated unfairly compared to the rest of society. They are also treated unethically because they are not in control of how they live their life or even use their own bodies. I don’t think that humans could ever come to live like Agatha and her brothers because of human rights laws. Also I think that if they did have people like that it would be very controversial and a large number of people would be strongly against it.                                      

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Minority Report, is a great, interesting film, with many high energy and sometimes even touching scenes. My personal favorite has to be when John disguises himself to go and save Agatha. He goes into the pool and grabs her out of the pool. Her face is just priceless, like she's been waiting to be rescued by him for years now. It's almost hard to watch because you want him to get her out safely and not be caught so badly. It was just a wonderfully powerful and emotional scene that was very memorable.

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What if we had an infallible police state, a police force that would make no mistakes, because pre-crime never made any mistakes? All of our problems would be solved, right? No more shootings, no more deaths. Would this really better the society, improve our quality of life, is this even possible?

In Minority Report the use of pre-crime is suppost to completly stop all acts of violence and crimes. If someone was going to murder someone, then they would be arrested before they had the chance to complete the act. Lets say this was a real part of society today. Could this be effetive or even exist? I don't think so. People learn from mistakes, and if they never make from those mistakes then they never learn their lesson. Also I think everything happens for a reason, so if you are disrupting the normal cycle of this world, then what else could you be effecting in the long run? Lastly, as humans, we can change our minds. Pre-crime fails to realize this, thus putting people way for crimes they weren't actually going to commit. But, what if this was put in place. Then what could have been avoided? Possibly the terrorist attacks in France, or the Sandy Hook shooting, but again I stand by my point. Horrible things happen, and you can't always control that.

Tess Kihm: Blog Posting 1

In Minority Report, humans that are used to tell the future ( pre-cogs) represent advances in medical sciences. They can predict when someone is going to commit a crime. There are three pre-cogs. The main leader is named Agatha, and without her the whole system wouldn't run. They are kept in a pool of water with wires attached to their heads, so they can read the predictions. The visions appear on a screen above them, and two balls get sent out with the names of the people involved in the crime. This whole system is called pre-crime. It is used to prevent crimes before they actually happen. So if someone is seriously plotting on committing a crime, then the precogs will pick up on that and police officers will arrest the " criminal" and put them in a cell for the rest of their lives.
 The pre-cogs weren't always in this pool of water though, they were normal human beings just like anyone else. So now the real question is presented, is this really ethical? Putting humans in a pool of water, with no freedom, to work for the government, for the rest of their lives. Although some may say that these three people could save thousands, is it really okay to take away three people's lives, to better the government? Personally, I don't think this is okay. You can't avoid crimes, but there are better ways to limit them. Taking three innocent people and making them work for you is not right. Those people had lives worth living, and who knows maybe they would one day do something to change the world.

Leah Goetz