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I see the fact that you don't ever hear of people doing this, or chucking things into substations or off roadbridges and so on, as the ultimate evidence that in
by JonnieCache 14y ago
I see the fact that you don't ever hear of people doing this, or chucking things into substations or off roadbridges and so on, as the ultimate evidence that international terrorist networks, to a first approximation, do not exist.
If there really were highly organised terrorists everywhere plotting against us, wreaking substantial havoc across society would be pretty easy for them. The actual attacks that do occasionally happen are more in line with politically irrelevant rogue lunatics, placing grandiosity over efficacy.
- akiselev 14y agoHavoc != terror. Terrorists try to create fear and have a major impact on the populace, most often through bombings and death. Jamming a small (for now) part of our communications infrastructure could be a major detriment to people functioning but no one will fear for their lives. That does not preclude, however, a Gotham city like scenario where an organization just makes a ton of stuff go wrong all at the same time. I agree with your first point because if you were to do a cursory glance at what could efficiently kill us in biology you would see how little effort is actually required. Anyone with a little knowledge could pull off a devastating attack using just DMSO and a few toxic compounds.
- NegativeK 14y agoWould it not induce terror if Al Qaeda started interfering with vast swaths of people's daily lives? Power keeps going out for a few hours, cell phones go down at the same time, water is shut down because of bacterial contamination.. People wouldn't directly die, but living in a less stable environment is going to worry people.