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Good old fashioned mad science. I can dig it.

• coldtea 11y ago
  Yeah, the kind that results in more efficient mass murder, suffering, and oppression in the world. Hurray!
  • stonogo 11y ago
    This is a pretty stupid assumption to make. All the of the 'weaponized brain' bullshit is coming from breathless web journalism types -- DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans. If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism.
    • vfdfv 11y ago
      This 'weaponized brain' bullshit arises out of a very legitimate fear of the US military, the right-wing nutcases that pull its strings, and its extensive history of unethical human experimentation. If DARPA is seriously interested in reducing TBI then perhaps they should consider conducting fewer fraudulent wars.
      • TDL 11y ago
        "the right-wing nutcases that pull its strings..." You may want to look into the history of the military in the U.S., both right and left share in it's excesses.
        • coldtea 11y ago
          Perhaps because the "left" in the US is still cloase to what would be called right (or even far-right) in other places, when it comes to anything "patriotic" (and even in religious and moral issues).
        • vfdfv 11y ago
          I am no fan of either party, and I consider people like Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton to be right-wingers as well, but the self-proclaimed political right does the majority of warmongering.
    • tbrownaw 11y ago
      If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism. I take it you've never heard of Skynet?
    • gyuhjihvgj 11y ago
      You do realize 'defense department' is a euphemism for the world's most powerful military which has engaged in numerous regional conflicts in recent years, conflicts which have destroyed several countries, displaced millions and resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths? Yeah, do you need a teenage witticism to understand that or not?
    • coldtea 11y ago
      >DARPA's research is into offsetting TBI, which is a real problem for many, many veterans Because if it leads to techniques to make more efficient killing machines of the soldiers they'll pass them over? Or because they are not researching that too, all the time? >If you need proof that not everything DARPA does is going to immediately commit mass murder, consider the internet you used to post your teenaged witticism. That was created to facilitate a nuclear war scenario, so that the army facilities could still operate and have fault tolerant distributed communication etc. While we don't use it for that now, it's not the best example to make your point. Besides it seems you missed the whole: "The question that should punctuate everything DARPA does, Jacobsen suggests, is “How can this be weaponized?”" thing, from somebody who has studied DARPA long time...
    • JibberMeTimbers 11y ago
      The article also somehow associated treating TBI/PTSD through this BCI with creating Super Soldiers. I am not seeing that jump. Super Soldier would imply that they are able to carry out the same tasks that a team could by themselves. We are still very, very far away from that. I think people are mixing with this article about with their future "expectations" about DARPA