Future wars may be fought by synapses: Neuroscientists consider defense applications of recent insights into the brain

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Instead of the indiscriminate destruction of the atom bomb or napalm, the signature weapon of future wars may be precise, unprecedented control over the human brain. As global conflicts become murkier, technologies based on infiltrating brains may soon enter countries’ arsenals, neuroethicists claim in a paper published online October 31 inSynesis. Such “neuroweapons” have the capacity to profoundly change the way war is fought.