Re: military brain implants?

On 26 Oct, in article
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thnidu@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> "Ray" posted this link to the bujold list, under the subject line
> "Illyan's Memory Chip"... which, to me, scans the same as Lynn Gold's
> "Grandma's Training Bra"...
>

[snip]

> US military experts are attempting to create an army of super-human
> soldiers who will be more intelligent and deadly thanks to a microchip
> implanted in their brains.

[snop]

> The next stage of the project is to test the implant on live animals.
> If this work proves to be as successful, experiments could one day be
> carried out on soldiers.

Oh dear.

Can you imagine what that will do to recruiting?

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