Pentagon Working on "Human Fear" Weapons 310
An anonymous reader writes "Animals use pheromones to attract each other for sex, and warn each other of danger. Now, Wired reports, military researchers are working to harness the 'human fear' pheromone to create a scent of terror. The pheromone could lead to smell-based terrorist sensors, and new weapons that rely on 'contagious' stress."
The Pentagon (Score:5, Insightful)
Bio warfare? (Score:5, Insightful)
terra! (Score:5, Insightful)
Fear Eh? (Score:5, Insightful)
Why Fear? (Score:5, Insightful)
After all, I thought the US was supposed to have a reputation for turning enemies into friends.
Re:Bio warfare? (Score:1, Insightful)
The Smell of Fear (Score:2, Insightful)
On the civilian side I guess my fear of flying will be detected every time I travel and I will constantly have to visit the little security office for questioning.
UN chemical weapons convention (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Irony (Score:5, Insightful)
It'll be used on ourselves, to make us more eager to accept the enemies that are provided for us, and more desperate for protection from them.
Re:Fear is not always a bad thing... (Score:3, Insightful)
A weapon that exploits fear 'scents' could backfire just as easily. Traditionally, fear will cause someone to flee or at the very least become nervous and therefore have his/her decision-making skills crippled. But for some, fear is a great motivator. If i'm gonna get into a fight and feel extra fearful because of this exploit, i might come back twice as hard to overcome whatever is in my way.
just a thought....
It'll also work great with protesters. Roll out a few of these "fear grenades" into a crowd, and they'll either panic and flee, or band together and attack. Either way, you can call it a riot and arrest them all for showing up.
You won't even have to bother with a mole to incite a riot anymore. Score!
Re:Fear Eh? (Score:5, Insightful)
As I was talking to the FBI gay, er "guy" before he searched me (putting his hands on my balls, why can't they have female cops search men? UGH!), he asked why I seemed so nervous. I went from nervous to incredible, thinking "WTF is this dumbass smoking?"
"WHAT?? Because half a dozen big armed men just accosted me!" I replied. I didn't add "You stupid fucking authoritarian dumbass cocksucker!" as I would have liked to.
Actually I wasn't scared at all, but I was mad as hell. What I was afraid of was that they'd piss me off enough that I'd do something stupid. Like slap one of them upside the head with a hooker.
Dumb fucking cops. Nothing in my life has made me less respectful of police officers. They're called the D.I.R.T. team and the name fits the dirty bastards, all of whom IMO belong in a prison or somewhere worse.
Now I understand why all the rap songs are so disrespectful of the police. I mean, I'm a white old guy, imagine being a black young guy.