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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Pain rays are U.S.:

The US military is funding development of a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from up to 2 kilometres away. Intended for use against rioters, it is meant to leave victims unharmed. But pain researchers are furious that work aimed at controlling pain has been used to develop a weapon. And they fear that the technology will be used for torture.

The medical model of human as a system of sub-systems implies that you can cause pain without causing damage. A holistic or autopoietic model implies that this is nonsense. I'm depressed that we're working on such a thing. It's so open for abuse (warning, graphic and disturbing images).

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