From the blog: "Why do otherwise rational people think it’s a good idea to profile people at airports?
Recently, neuroscientist and best-selling author Sam Harris related a story of an
elderly couple being given the twice-over by the TSA, pointed out how these two
were obviously not a threat, and recommended that the TSA focus on the actual
threat: “Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be
Muslim.”
This is a bad idea. It doesn’t make us any safer—and it actually puts us all at risk.
The right way to look at security is in terms of cost-benefit trade-offs." Read more
See also
Harris, Sam. "In Defense of Profiling." The Blog, April 28, 2012.
