Bingus Lemmy
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
SourGumGum@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 21 days ago

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

external-link
message-square
10
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • world@lemmy.world
  • globalnews@lemmy.zip
27
external-link

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

SourGumGum@lemmy.world to World News@quokk.au · 21 days ago
message-square
10
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • world@lemmy.world
  • globalnews@lemmy.zip
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    21 days ago

    Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando, of Bradford University, are about to publish a book that they believe should be a wake-up call to the world.

    I wonder if they might have a vested interest in playing up the drama.

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      21 days ago

      I dunno. Chemicals that can alter human consciousness or cognition seem pretty far fetched. This is some real SciFi shit right here.

      • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        21 days ago

        Why do you think so? There are thousands of known psychoactive substances.

        • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          21 days ago

          Don’t ask me to articulate shit; I’m high AF rn.

          • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            21 days ago

            (I appreciate you)

          • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            21 days ago

            What substance or substances are you enjoying at the moment?

            • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              ·
              21 days ago

              … nice try, cop.

      • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        21 days ago

        AI + neuroscience and drug design have completely revolutionized in the last 2-3 years

        Stanislaw Lem wrote at least two brilliant and haunting stories based on exactly this premise. I recommend The Futurological Congress

        • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          21 days ago

          I’m too busy training hard for mind combat against brain weapons to read any of that. Sidney gottlieb eat your fucking heart out.

  • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    21 days ago

    Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue.

    Is that what those are called?

World News@quokk.au

world@quokk.au

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !world@quokk.au

Rules:
Be a decent person, don’t post hate.

Other Great Communities:

  • !europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • !canada@lemmy.ca

Rules

Be excellent to each other

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 688 users / day
  • 1.67K users / week
  • 3.8K users / month
  • 3.84K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 1.03K subscribers
  • 865 Posts
  • 2.04K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • Deceptichum@quokk.au
  • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au
  • BE: 0.19.13
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org