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Vaccine to Prevent Killing Human Beings?
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?"
...it would make a great weapon!
Sorry, I don't think empathy comes in pills.
April fools question obviously.
How about nanotech that prevents stupid "ask slashdot" questions or dupe posts?
*points at subject*
*waves angrily*
*stamps feet*
*sighs*
*sits down*
*sips martini*
*calms down*
"Nothing can shake my belief that this world is the fruit of a dark god whose shadow I extend." - Emil Michel Cioran
It's already available. It's called cyanide. Upon consuming a sufficient dose, the subject will never intentionally kill anyone.
The stupidity of this 1 April's /. stories is making me want to kill all the authors who created such garbage, and the editors who are approving it.
Perhaps funding on such a vaccine should be increased.
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First check the definition of vaccine. Then you will see that vaccine is not the word you are looking for.
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.
I used to bulls-eye womp-rats in my pants
Since it's in the news lately.. does taking out a feeding tube count as "intentionally killing"?
Also I assume you mean that if someone takes this vaccine, *they* will be unable to kill. Just making sure.
It seems like the boundary between intentional killing and, say, maiming, or being violent or angry might be pretty fuzzy. I think a person who takes the vaccine would have quite an interesting personality.
Would it be possible to develop a vaccine (based on the knowledge of this one) to create murders?
Hmm.
why dont we just implant shock-collar like things into people that react to thoughts of evil-doing. that way whenever people think about hurting someone they'll get a nice big shock, kinda like cartman and his implanted v-chip. and then we can just start breeding it out of our kida through gene therapy? and eventually why not instead of giving birth or even conceiving people we'll breed and grow them so they wont ever have any 'wrong' thoughts or concept of evil. we'll even make them all look the same and have the same skillset so no one will be different, which will deterr killing anyone because if you kill someone, or hate someone, your really just killing/hating yourself! or why not just teach tolerance instead of forcing tolerance - which isnt very tolerant.
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They're called cyanide tablets and they will remove your ability to kill another human being quite effectively.
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!
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"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 vaccine?"
;)
Well, when we stop trying to kill you, you can stop paying us.
Seriously, I'm already fed up with the supposed jokes of today, but this must be the lamest of the lame.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
It works really well on rats.
I'm asking because jokes are otherwise easily spotted by the fact that they're funny.
idiot 1st post
I believe the medical term for a person such vaccinated is "A Clockwork Orange"..
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.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
Such a vaccine already exists.
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 beforehand, go on a shooting rampage, or otherwise plan murder and/or mayhem to conclude or coincide with the administration of the vaccine,) the vaccine is 100% effective.
Ed R.Zahurak
You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.
Rape, pillage, murder all you want. What we NEED is a vaccine to prevent lame humor on /. on April 1st. This is weak even compared to past years.
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!
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Just don't play anymore videogames
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Unfortunately, I forgot the title, but a rough synopsis...
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 beginning, but it sets an interesting stage.
It turns out that VC is readily communicable, and has the same effects on those so infected. Not only do they feel good, but they tend to lose their bad habits. They generally quit smoking, and while they may enjoy alcoholic beverages, they no longer abuse. They also tend to automatically eat better, get more exercise, take a more positive outlook on life, etc. In essence, it's a "sanity infection." A small group of people forms around this, and keeping one of them uninfected as a control, the rest set out to infect the world.
One typical case was advance scout soldiers who had not reported in on schedule. Their followup found them - having lunch with the scouts from the other side. They had met and talked, and discovered how much their lives were alike, and that they'd likely be friends, if only they weren't wearing different uniforms.
There was a loose movie adaptation called, "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063799/ starring a young Mary Tyler Moore, in between The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
Use dihydrogen oxide. That will do the trick. Administered in very small quantities into the lungs, or in large quantities through injection, it can render any human being incapable of any action...including murder.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
It's an "injection" you get in the PYITA prison.
They're putting dimes in the hole in my head to see the change in me.
if you really are try this:
I'm sorry, maybe I'm a nerd or something, but I'm sitting in my office right now and it would be nice to read some real news as opposed to fictious stories intended to amuse me. Please, make this garbage end.
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 always knows the flavor of death where ever it goes,
Orphaned at the age of five, parental guidance missed,
Reschudwich (???) wouldn't talk to him and he got really pissed,
The remittal chemicals have driven him insane,
Now we know the calling like it's ringing 'round his brain,
Toucan Son of Sam!
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
Toucan Son of Sam!
Part of your nutritious breakfast
--- Green Jello cereal killer soundtrack
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
You think there's real news on Slashdot?! Silly silly nerd :)
Start with a daily morning dose from a bong or a joint, mix with some patchouli cologne/perfume, let your hair grow to your waist, and continually say "make love, not war"
I know this is April Fool, but let's explore the question anyway. Some people have asked this question in other forms before, and meant it seriously. There's usually a political motive behind it, such as "if we could we could stop war", or "if we could then we could immediately enact this utopian society I came up with while drinking absinthe."
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?
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
...because these April Fools articles are making people want to do exactly what the said vaccine cures.
If it were somehow possible to chemically inhibit the aggression regions of the brain, then yes, this would be possible.
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.
Dihydrogen monoxide, or hydrogen hydroxide. Not dihydrogen oxide.
Dumbass.
Wasn't there a movie about this?
No artist tolerates reality. -- Nietzsche
WOW! That joke's been passed around longer than your mother.
A pill that makes people super-lazy could do the trick. An extremely lazy person would be too lazy to intentionally kill other human beings. But people would die of starvation because they would be too lazy to eat.
Government will not allow a happy populace to exist.
- Why is marijuana illegal in many countries?
- Why is sex criminalized in so much of the world?
- Why does male-oriented rule exist in the majority of the world?
Males are physically stronger than females. In this Age, this allows male testosterone to rule because males have only two drives: fuck it or kill it.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.
It is females that are the creative, imaginative, life producers. Women currently are mostly subjugated slaves who unknowingly contribute to a world of hate, violence, and war.
What is the answer? Yoga and tantra. Life has not changed in recent millenia nor in the past 5000 or 10000 years. Life is about loving connection with friends and realization of the Self. All else is delusion and mental masturbation.
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Ever read that one? Everyone takes "Soma" which keeps them happy. Sorta like X. Pretty visionary for a 1920s (30s?) book.
Spielberg has made a movie with Tom Cruise on this subject. You may want to watch this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/