Neuroscience can't tell us the way to govern people's brains

Neuroscience can't tell us the way to govern people's brains From the age of legal adulthood to the concept of profound autism, policy-makers are turning to neuroscience to help shape laws and policies, but the science simply isn't ready Decisions are often made via a subconscious muddling through, due to the brain's desire to minimise energy use . It is perhaps why we value neat categorisations of someone's brain state, despite these being flawed. Take the age at which you become an adult. Around the world, legal adulthood varies from 16 to 21. This difference matters, as we rightly have different expectations for children versus adults.