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Janet Pearson, Feb. 8, 2012

Neuroscience could mean soldiers controlling weapons with minds:

Soldiers could have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, undergo brain scans during recruitment and take courses of neural stimulation to boost their learning, if the armed forces embrace the latest developments in neuroscience to hone the performance of their troops.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/07/neuroscience-soldiers-control-weapons-mind

These scenarios are described in a report into the military and law enforcement uses of neuroscience, published on Tuesday, which also highlights a raft of legal and ethical concerns that innovations in the field may bring.

Interview with Professor Rod Flower FRS, chair of the Royal Society’s new report.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wflw_MIKEIc
Janet Pearson
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  • Rajneesh Nair Rajneesh Nair Feb. 8, 2012
    I know this seems like a bit irrelevant, but in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, many of the soldiers are controlled by technology, used to pair their guns to their digital I.D.'s. They also perform in a more uniform manner, never question orders, and show no judgment of their own, for better or for worse. The various ethical dilemmas that arise throughout the game relating to this topic are very interesting. If you're into games and neurobiological weaponry, look into it.
  • Thomas Billingsly Thomas Billingsly Feb. 9, 2012
    The parallel with the world of games is not irrelevant at all. Military drones that hover over distant lands for spying and attack purposes are known to be sometimes controlled by a game-like joystick from a person sitting in an office outside of Washington DC who decides to press the button “kill” button or not. The whole scenario is reduced to a game-like situation for this person. Training for such work also involves game techniques. The parallel is right on point.
  • Thomas Billingsly Thomas Billingsly Feb. 9, 2012
    To this point — Predator Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Military ethicists concede that drones can turn war into a video game and, with no Americans directly at risk, more easily draw the United States into conflicts.
    http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/unmanned_aerial_vehicles/index.html

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Jill Davies, Nov. 26, 2011

This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing… The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more “on task” than do the brains of those trying out meditation for the first time.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/22/news/la-heb-meditation-mind-wandering-20111122

And the differences between the two groups are evident not only during meditation, but also when the mind is allowed to wander freely. And as you can see in the vidclip, meditation can be practiced almost anytime, anywhere :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IgUV_7p45s
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