Will McIntosh's new novel is The Future Will Be BS Free.From his Q&A at Adventures in YA Publishing:
Will, what was your inspiration for writing THE FUTURE WILL BE BS FREE?Learn more about the book and author at Will McIntosh's website.
I was giving a test in the 300-student Intro to Psychology class I taught at William and Mary until recently. With so many students, you need at least two proctors, so a graduate student with a background in physiology was helping me. When the room was nearly empty, we got talking about future developments in her field. I asked if it might be possible to use a brain scan to tell when people were lying, and she told me about a part of the brain whose function was to resolve internal discrepancies. When people lie, that part of the brain is very active, and a brain scan, an fMRI, might one day be sensitive enough to detect this. That got me thinking about the implications of someone inventing a portable, foolproof lie detector.
What scene was really hard for you to write and why, and is that the one of which you are most proud? Or is there another scene you particularly love?
There's a scene where the brilliant teens who invent this portable lie detector realize that...[read on]
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