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Scientists find way to make us slaves
Lois Rogers, Medical Editor
ALDOUS HUXLEY may have got it right. In Brave New World, his classic futuristic novel, the author envisaged a society divided into castes from Alpha at the top to Epsilon at the bottom.
The Epsilons were content to plod on with tedious tasks, their brains numbed by drugs. Until now this has been the stuff of science fiction.
However, experiments conducted on rhesus monkeys have shown for the first time that animal behaviour can be permanently altered, turning the subjects from aggressive to �compliant� creatures.
Originally posted by Chris McGee
WHY? Why on earth would they be researching this in the first place?
Of course there is the classical science fiction threat of companies or governments taking over the minds of people to train them to work hard for the organization. The classical abuses will probably happen eventually and may lead to some pretty horrible outcomes. But I can easily imagine why lots of people (FuturePundit included) will choose to use drugs to motivate themselves. Looking at a big long work task? Know that you are hurting yourself by not working harder during the earlier stages? Well, take some DNA antisense drug and as your D2 receptor concentration drops you may find yourself working harder for distant rewards.
Originally posted by Chris McGee
Idly browsing through the paper today I came across this very disturbing article:
Scientists find way to make us slaves
Lois Rogers, Medical Editor
ALDOUS HUXLEY may have got it right. In Brave New World, his classic futuristic novel, the author envisaged a society divided into castes from Alpha at the top to Epsilon at the bottom.
The Epsilons were content to plod on with tedious tasks, their brains numbed by drugs. Until now this has been the stuff of science fiction.
However, experiments conducted on rhesus monkeys have shown for the first time that animal behaviour can be permanently altered, turning the subjects from aggressive to �compliant� creatures.
link to full story:
www.timesonline.co.uk...
What do you think, sounds exactly like something the NWO would LOVE to put into practice.
[edit on 17-10-2004 by Chris McGee]