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Have they invented the Tasp (http://larryniven.wikia.com/wiki/Tasp http://larryniven.wikia.com/wiki/Tasp) yet? http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=235788 http:/

• Jasamba 11y ago
  Giving instant orgasms to disable an enemy? Well played.
  • resurge 11y ago
    IIRC it wasn't used as a weapon in the books but more as a drug like heroin.
    • gjm11 11y ago
      I'm pretty sure I remember one scene in a Niven book in which someone weaponizes it. It must be at least twenty years since I read it, so my memory is extremely hazy, but I vaguely think (1) the viewpoint character, who is probably Louis Wu, is shocked and offended that anyone would do that; (2) the weaponized-tasp-wielder might possibly have been a Pierson's puppeteer; (3) it happens near the start of the book (or story?); (4) the narration of the event occurs in close proximity to an instance of one of Niven's "there ain't no X" abbreviations (TANJ, TANSTAAFL). (Wireheading is also used in a drug-like way; the aforementioned Louis Wu is an ex-addict.)
      • Tossrock 11y ago
        Yeah, it's definitely the puppeteer tasping the kzin
• Lambdanaut 11y ago
  Stimulation of the nucleus accumbens has been around since the 50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center