# "Minority Report" nitpick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089 "2011-12-22T16:26:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089/21 "2011-12-23T06:05:42Z")

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They just need a Cerebro to extend their range. Or a psychic signal repeater.

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089/22 "2011-12-23T06:33:46Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> My point: if you don’t like it, don’t punish them! Just stop them from committing their crimes and then send them on their way.

With only three precogs they probably rely as much on the deterrant as actual intervention, so that’s not really an option for general use. It would drastically increase their workload, both from the attempted murderers who turn around and have another go and the would-be murderers who are no longer put off by the psychic police who _will_ do bad things to you if you try something.

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089/23 "2011-12-23T13:35:00Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Huh, I was just looking at Wiki’s list of Dick adaptations. I didn’t realize _Next_ was among them. That movie made no sense! Cool idea, though.

I loved _Next_- I keep hoping they’ll do a sequel. I mean, hell, the movie was really just one big setup for another movie.

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**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minority-report-nitpick/607089/24 "2011-12-23T17:05:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> For myself, the bigger plot hole is how Precrime is going to go nationwide. They only have three precogs, and they seem plenty busy just with the prospective murders in the Washington, D.C. area. How are they gonna handle all the bad vibes of several hundred million Americans?

I thought the implication was that there was a _dirty_ side to the creation of the Precogs. They were the unfortunate by-products of some really awful drugs and the effects they had on pregnant women.

If you want Precrime to go nationwide, you need more Precogs. The Administration _tells_ the populace that each Precog leads a glorious, happy life (complete with “bedroom, television, and weight room” as **Bryan Ekers** noted), but behind the scenes, they have to _deliberately_ issue illicit drugs with terribly unpleasant side effects to otherwise innocent expectant mothers in the hopes of producing [del]the Kwizatz Haderach[/del] more Precogs.

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