Vaccine to Prevent Killing Human Beings? 66
jawahar asks: "I wanted to ask Slashdot whether it is possible and desirable to develop a vaccine which, when consumed, prevents a human being from intentionally killing a fellow human being. How much funding is required to develop and distribute such a vaccine?"
Re:And if you could distribute it airborne... (Score:2)
Empathy (Score:1)
Re:Empathy (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Empathy (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Empathy (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Empathy (Score:4, Funny)
It's a Brave New World (Score:1)
Riiiight.... (Score:3)
How about nanotech that prevents stupid "ask slashdot" questions or dupe posts?
ENOUGH ALREADY! (Score:5, Insightful)
*waves angrily*
*stamps feet*
*sighs*
*sits down*
*sips martini*
*calms down*
Already available (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Already available (Score:2)
Considering (Score:1)
Perhaps funding on such a vaccine should be increased.
No. (Score:2)
Less pedantically however, the answer is no. Right now, no amount of funding could produce such a thing. I cite no sources. It is immediately and intuitively obvious.
Glad I could clear that up.
Re:No. (Score:2)
Re:No. (Score:1)
Well, I suppose if you could identify some psychoactive chemical that you could trick your immune system into generating as an antibody, and then construct an artificial pathogen to stimulate production of said antibody, it might almost be a vaccine.... if you squint, tilt your head sideways and glance at it just so. :-)
The question though just sounds like something out of Clockwork Orange. Bah. Yay 01-Apr-2005.
--Joei have a better idea... (Score:1)
Re:i have a better idea... (Score:2)
Re:i have a better idea... (Score:1)
We already have them (Score:2)
Solution without medication??? (Score:2)
Yeah, I'm a sick bastard sometimes. This question sounds like something from a 50s sci-fi or something. I honestly don't think it's possible to turn off something as complicated as a desire to kill with some kind of hormone or inhibitor though.
Happy fools!
Nope... (Score:2)
Seriously, I'm already fed up with the supposed jokes of today, but this must be the lamest of the lame.
Re:Nope... (Score:2)
ofcourse you do realise the irony of "killing jokes" in a joke story about preventing killing dont you
Technical terms (Score:1)
Somebody needs to read Clockwork Orange. (Score:2)
Painting with a broad brush, in pre-Meiji Era (1868-1912) in Japan if you were impolite you could have your head lopped off. Similar to the Old West of the United States and at least one episode of Blake's Seven.
A society of Sheeple would not be desirable.
It already exists (Score:2)
It's called, "Hemlock." Large amounts of "Draino", "Cyanide," "Autoerotic Asphyxiation" and "Jumping in front of a bus" have also proven effective in clinical trials.
This vaccine and its substitutes work by the voluntary self-imposition of a disruption to the human condition on an individual level -- after all, logic holds that an individual who is not living cannot kill another human being. When properly self-administered, (that is, the patient does not plant a bomb before
Who cares? (Score:2)
It seems like every year they turn over editorial duties to 6-year-olds. Next thing we'll see dupes of April Fool's pieces.
And, yes, I am complaining and being mean, if the editors don't like it, then they should quit their jobs. In the words of Stu Hamm: If you're scared, stay home!
Easy (Score:2)
Obligatory Science Fiction reference (Score:2)
A scientist invents a thing called "Viral Construct" (hereinafter, "VC")and tries it on himself. He runs into a friend in a bar who is already slightly tipsy, and the friend takes it, too. The friend goes home and sleeps for 3 days straight, but wakes up feeling astonishingly good. The scientist is dead - it turns out because he didn't let himself sleep the 3 days straight, but forced a normal waking schedule. Kind of an odd, silly, unlikely beginni
Toucan Son of Sam? (Score:2)
CEREAL KILLER
Follow your nose, it always knows the flavor of death where ever it goes,
Terror in the supermarket, shoppers are in horror,
Shredded boxes in the aisles, corpses on the floor,
Those who ran, this joy is mine, now they're going to pay,
Super gory slaughter now the order of the day!
Toucan Son of Sam!!
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
Follow your nose, it al
Use dihydrogen oxide. Meets requirements. (Score:2)
Well (Score:2)
Re:April Fool's Day (Score:1)
Re:April Fool's Day (Score:1)
Question is too broad (Score:3, Insightful)
The question is too broad (or the asker's mind too narrow). Is it allowable to kill another human being in the course of self-defense? Or use both your brain cells to figure this one out: what if you could save the lives of two people by killing their imminent assassin?
Write these questions large. If the purpose is to stop war, what do you do when an unvaccinated army comes invading? Do you take up arms in defense to save your fellow vaccinated citizens? Or do you comfort yourself on your deathbed knowing that although you could have prevented ten million deaths, at least the Halkan Council will remember you kindly?
Here's another one. What if Judge Greer had been vaccinated? Would he have been able to order the removal of Terry's feeding tube? Or what about abortion? Really think about that last one. If you don't believe that the fetus is a human being, then the vaccine won't prevent you from performing an abortion. But if you do believe that the fetus is a human being, it will. Follow that logic and you'll soon discover that the vaccine will not prevent any killing that the killer can mentally justify. What if the only thing preventing the killing is the killer's *belief* that he is not killing?
Re:Question is too broad (Score:1)
jawahar might want to carry some of it with him... (Score:1)
Psychotropic inhibitor. (Score:2)
Unfortunately, lowering the levels of certain neurotransmitters implicated in aggressive behaviors would ultimatley kill the person: the same chemicals are needed for many other, very important brain functions.
Hey! (Score:2)
Re:Hey! (Score:1)
laziness pill (Score:1)
Won't Be Allowed (Score:1)
Government will not allow a happy populace to exist.
Because users are happy and non-violent.
Because sexual satisfaction leads to a happy, productive, and inventive populace.
Because males outnumber females. Simple.
Happy people do not war and strengthen government.
Males are physically stronger than females. In this Age, this allows male testo