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On the plus side, doesn't it also lower the psychological harm that happens to many a soldier in sustained war?
by gngeal 13y ago
On the plus side, doesn't it also lower the psychological harm that happens to many a soldier in sustained war?
- ef4 13y agoActually the experience so far with drone pilots shows that they get PTSD at the same rate as combat pilots who were physically there. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-g...
- gngeal 13y agoWe're still in the beginning. Removing the "witnessing the carnage" part could still be accomplished one day. As I mentioned, using our brains just to simulate humans on-site controlling stuff at the battlefield may not be the best use we could come up with. Compared to what I had in mind, current drones are just glorified RC models. Thanks for the interesting link, though. This risk is always there, I guess.