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DARPA develops tiny implants that treat diseases and depression without medication

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Electrical (Score: 2, Insightful)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-17 10:42 (#2SGC)

It occurs to me this would be a pretty good plot/subject for a science fiction movie - some kind of obligatorily-worn mood changer. The risk of abuse is obvious too: imagine a totalitarian society that has dealt with the problem of pedophilia/etc by making anyone convicted of it wear the helmet that dulls that urge by electrically stimulating some nerve center in the brain. What would those helmet wearers do? What would that say about society? Repeat for other crimes - thought crime, etc.

That's a great story; I think I'll write it.

Re: Electrical (Score: 1)

by nightsky30@pipedot.org on 2014-09-17 11:25 (#2SGK)

While the thought of totalitarian society is scary and deplorable, some people who do terrible things compulsively actually realize they are terrible things, don't want to do said things, but can't fight the urge. They may welcome a device which helps them alleviate the desire to commit those acts. IF these things were developed and used without abuse, they might not be so bad.

Re: Electrical (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-17 11:41 (#2SGN)

Could it be used to treat OCD, I wonder.

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