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Neuroscience hasn't been weaponized – it's been a tool of war from the start

  • Written by Alison Howell, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Rutgers University Newark
imageA discipline neither good nor evil.Saturday Evening Post/Harris A. Ewing

What could once only be imagined in science fiction is now increasingly coming to fruition: Drones can be flown by human brains’ thoughts. Pharmaceuticals can help soldiers forget traumatic experiences or produce feelings of trust to encourage confession in interrogation....

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