Is Hormone 'Trust In A Bottle?'
It sounds more like a plot for another Batman sequel, but it could be a reality one day.
Scientists have developed a spray that induces instant trust. Who will be the first to abuse it?
Trust in a bottle? It sounds like a marketer's fantasy, like the fabled fountain of youth or the wild claims of fad diets.
Yet that's what Swiss and American scientists demonstrate in new experiments with a nasal spray containing the hormone oxytocin. After a few squirts, human subjects were significantly more trusting and willing to invest money with no ironclad promise of a profit.
The researchers acknowledged their findings could be abused by con artists or even sleazy politicians who might sway an election, provided they could squirt enough voters on their way to the polls.
The government could dope our water supply with it.
"Incidentally, subjects tested were quizzed prior to the experiment. 8 out of 10 were interested in our offer for a bridge in Utah..."
wow. you could totally make a perfect love potion with that. How do I get some?
No, use it to instill high morale and loyalty in our military. Then take over the world. Starting with Canada and Mexico, marking the beginnings of a real American empire. Then launch all of our nukes at India and China.
Daarkseid wrote: Then launch all of our nukes at India and China.
We have good relations with India. According to polling, Indians view the US more favorably than just about any other nation in the world. [probably because we ship all our jobs there. heh.]
So this will be the next date-rape drug?
Daarkseid wrote:No, use it to instill high morale and loyalty in our military. Then take over the world. Starting with Canada and Mexico, marking the beginnings of a real American empire. Then launch all of our nukes at India and China.
Bollocks to that, MI5 will nick all your stuff before you can even get George Dubya to say his name. We've got James Bond, don't forget 😃
This is seriously creepy stuff. If we can develop instant trust, it's only a matter of time before we can do other, more insane stuff. Instant fear, instant lust, instant death... eep!