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Would make an interesting premise for an environmentalist terrorism novel.

• imron 9y ago
  Weaponized Vegetarism
• jessaustin 9y ago
  Awesome! They could work this into a "12 Monkeys" remake.
• technofiend 9y ago
  Ticks along with mosquitoes are (IMHO) something we should be waging biological war against to prevent the spread of disease. But then I'd probably eat a shotgun if I could never have another steak or swiss and mushroom burger. Of course some juicy sci-fi exploring the "Eh, what's the worst that could happen" theme sounds like a lot of fun. My favorite plot in this theme was someone who released a virus that rewrote and reduced your ability to understand abstract concepts, with the idea that lawyers would never again be able to obfuscate evil intentions behind ornate language. Absent was what the impact on software would be since (arguably) software engineers are using the same skills to express abstract thought in sometimes obscure ways.
  • cr0sh 9y ago
    > Eh, what's the worst that could happen This actually sounds more plausible than sci-fi - but the worst that could happen would be that this tick-borne allergy becomes something where the fact you're a mammal (and "made of meat") brings on the symptoms, to the n-th degree...
  • SpikeDad 9y ago
    Star Trek: DS9 episode 1x05 Babel. Terrorist device is triggered which causes the replicated to insert a virus that has the effect of causing people to lose their ability to speak - Aphasia. Actually one of the more interesting episodes.
    • technofiend 9y ago
      Good example but I was thinking of a book which I can no longer remember.