control it, do you think the US government will use it to take fear out of soldiers to make them better fighting machines?
2006-09-21 18:30:38 · 5 answers · asked by al p 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
for Gary F
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Wednesday they had identified an "on-off" switch in the brain that controls the emotional response to fear, and said it might some day be manipulated to help patients with anxiety disorders
2006-09-21 21:17:20 · update #1
Oh, great.
2006-09-21 18:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by JubJub 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all - there is no on/off of anything human.
Fear has to involve complex brain-chemistry that we are a long way from understanding.
However, when the do find the 'switch', if you want to call it that, they should find religion very close by because religion is only about fear.
Therefore, and this would be the greatest day in the history of the human race, maybe they can find the cause of religion and cure it.
Religion is a mental disorder and disease that kills the human mind, making people stupid and hateful.
Not all, but most wars are about god and religion. Most rape-torture-kill is about religion.
Almost every criminal in America is a Christian, and if not Christian then they believe in some other make believe mythological supreme god that kills just like the evil Christian god.
2006-09-21 18:46:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why take the fear out, when it is cheaper to control a robot from 5000 miles away?
There are far too many options for the government before they decide to go down the slippery path of tinkering with the soldiers brains.
2006-09-21 18:41:58 · answer #3 · answered by kp 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's no telling what applications that has. I'm not that religious, but I think you can have true fear, like fear in your soul, something that can't be turned off. I don't think it's as simple as what you're saying, though. But I don't know, I'm not one of those scientists. If it irradicates all fear, then I suppose it could be used for good, and on the other end of the spectrum, it could be used for evil. But without fear, what movies would we rent? :P
2006-09-21 18:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Need answers! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
should be one hell of an army, first we make a couple of thousand clones of arnold, then turn off the switch and send them to Iran, but what if they want a raise?
2006-09-21 19:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋