In an interview with Andy McNab (former member of the SAS and now a fairly successful author) in the Scotsman at the weekend I was rather surprised that he has been taking part in a UK research program to develop technology to suppress the parts of the brain that "implement" fear and empathy - arguably making a person more machine like. He was being studied as he clearly doesn't do much in the line of fear or empathy!
Or the neural "priming" mods from Greg Egan's Quarantine - or even, perhaps more alarmingly if the changes can be made semi-permanent, focus from Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky.
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In an interview with Andy McNab (former member of the SAS and now a fairly successful author) in the Scotsman at the weekend I was rather surprised that he has been taking part in a UK research program to develop technology to suppress the parts of the brain that "implement" fear and empathy - arguably making a person more machine like. He was being studied as he clearly doesn't do much in the line of fear or empathy!
The interview is here:
http://www.scotsman.com/spectrum/Interview-Andy-McNab-soldie...
The bit about the brain scans is on page 5:
http://www.scotsman.com/spectrum/Interview-Andy-McNab-soldie...
Sounds like the first step towards the Cybermen.
Or the neural "priming" mods from Greg Egan's Quarantine - or even, perhaps more alarmingly if the changes can be made semi-permanent, focus from Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky.