As soon as you mention the phrase, “mind-control,” people immediately begin to think that you’re either high, a few marbles short of a full sack, or the metal plate in your head is picking up strange frequencies again. In other words, the vast majority of the American people think such a concept is the stuff of science fiction and horror novels. Or maybe a spy thriller or two.
However, thanks to the advancement of technology increasing at faster and faster rates than ever before in the history of our race, controlling someone’s thoughts has become a real possibility. We are woefully unequipped to handle this level of technology and the moral responsibilities that come with it. Especially if such capabilities are in the hands of our government.
While we’ve discussed a lot of the dangers of artificial intelligence, we haven’t talked about nanotechnology, and that’s worth discussing. When it comes to nanotech, advancements are being made consistently and the general public is now being informed that its already “revolutionizing myriad industries.”
Nanotechnology, a cutting-edge discipline at the intersection of science, engineering, and technology, is revolutionizing myriad industries with its focus on manipulating matter at the nanoscale. At this minuscule level, materials exhibit unique properties and behaviours, paving the way for unprecedented advancements in fields as diverse as medicine, electronics, energy, and materials science.
For those unfamiliar with this kind of technology, a “nanoparticle” is a matter particle that is less than 100 nanometers in diameter. They require highly specialized equipment in order to work with them due to the fact they are way too small to be seen with the naked eye.
One of the hallmarks of nanotechnology is the utilization of nanoparticles, minute entities often ranging from 1 to 100 nanometers. These particles, when engineered with precision, bring forth distinctive characteristics that can redefine the functionality of materials. In medicine, for instance, nanoparticles serve as drug carriers, enabling targeted delivery and enhancing therapeutic efficacy while minimizing side effects. Nano-engineered materials have found their niche in the realm of electronics.
Scientists have been telling the general public that nanotechnology is going to improve our quality of life, but there are significant dangers to be aware of when it comes to using it. There are quite a few folks who are worried about nanoparticles being used on a widespread basis in the world of healthcare.
The healthcare sector is witnessing a transformative impact through nanotechnology. Nanomedicine, an interdisciplinary field, employs nanoscale tools for the diagnosis, imaging, and treatment of diseases. Nanoparticles, with their ability to navigate biological barriers, offer a novel approach to targeted drug delivery, ensuring precise and efficient treatment with reduced side effects.
That all sounds well and good, but along with all of this stuff that could help improve life and health, there are some developments being made that are sinister in nature. Such as a team of researchers based in South Korea who have discovered a way to apply nanotech to “control the minds of mice.”
Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have developed a new way to control the minds of mice by manipulating nanoparticle-activated “switches” inside their brains with an external magnetic field. The system, dubbed Nano-MIND (Magnetogenetic Interface for NeuroDynamics), works by controlling targeted regions of the brain by activating neural circuits.
Why would you even want to do research like this and develop applications of this nature, knowing that if it is placed into the wrong hands it could have disastrous consequences, including taking away a human’s autonomy?
By employing the use of an external magnetic field, scientists were able to control how much food the mice consumed. Another experiment found they were able to manipulate the maternal behavior of female mice.
In experiments, the researchers activated inhibitory neurons within specific areas of the brain to increase appetite and feeding behaviors by 100 percent. By exciting these neurons, the team could conversely reduce the food the mice ate by 50 percent. They also used the system to selectively activate receptors responsible for maternal behaviors in the brains of female mice that hadn’t reproduced. By activating these pathways, the mice “significantly increased nurturing behaviors, such as bringing pups to their nest, similar to maternal mice,” according to a press release.
Obviously, if this can be done to mice, it can be done to humans as well. And we know there are powerful nations in the world who would love to have this kind of tech in their military and intelligence arsenal. What’s more disturbing is that since nanoparticles can’t be seen with the naked eye, it would be very easy to infect people with them without knowledge or consent.
In fact, nanotechnology is already in many common foods that you eat every day.
Among the foods most likely to have nano-tech: Foods with caramelized sugar, nutritional supplements, toothpastes, gums, M&Ms, Jello Banana Cream Pudding, Pop Tarts, Mentos, Nestle Original Coffee Creamer, and even… purified water! One of the scariest elements of the article isn’t that these pieces of nanotechnology are harmful to the human bodies. It’s that no one knows if they’re harmful. Testing has been nearly nonexistent. The FDA, the governing body we’ve put in charge to keep bad things from entering our bodies, doesn’t even have a list of foods that contain nanotechnology.
A lot of the shots and vaccines were told to get also contain nanoparticles.
Just because we can do something, doesn’t mean that we should do something. That’s a paraphrase from the original “Jurassic Park” and it contains a whole lot of wisdom when applied to science.
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