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You'd have to crack open the skull for photopsins to work. Infrared would scatter wildly unless it were modulated like a hologram. Getting a virus to cross the
by sterlind 6y ago
You'd have to crack open the skull for photopsins to work. Infrared would scatter wildly unless it were modulated like a hologram. Getting a virus to cross the blood-brain barrier and widely and precisely transfect neurons without killing the victim from encephalitis is extremely challenging. I started writing a sci-fi story about taking this approach to telepathy a while back.
Giving your victims chronic health conditions rather than outright killing them is quite an effective tactic though. Organizations are terrible at accommodating chronic illnesses, and they're seen as not serious if you're not visibly disabled.
- salawat 6y agoOptogenetic stimulation I think was the term, if I recall AAV was mentioned as a vector for introducing the requisite genetic changes, and if I recall, results were claimed outside of any sovereign defense context of 7mm depth. I really wish I could remember where I was reading about it, because it was novel enough to leave an impression, but also at the time I was going through it I had other things I was thinking through.