jollyjacktar said:I am sure there were other instances of better living through chemicals too.
Kilo_302 said:Maybe he thought "Snipercommandorangerninjapirate Course" was a course offered by the German Army. ;D
zipperhead_cop said:Isn't that the short definition of the mess? ;D
Shamrock said:Sure, if you consider the evidence lock-up the mess.
Cardstonkid said:There are drugs right now that can keep you awake for days at a time with no side effects or diminished capabilities. (These are drugs used to treat sleeping disorders like narcolepsy)
Cardstonkid said:Should be an interesting few years.
Cardstonkid said:...... There are drugs right now that can keep you awake for days at a time with no side effects or diminished capabilities.
Re: Infantry of Tomorrow
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Thinking about the future; perhaps the biggest change of all would be right at the individual rifleman level. Combinations of new drugs and common sense techniques are being developed to boost the power of the human brain, soldiers may have the potential to out think potential opponents before commiting a boot to the ground. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900
Physical training can be seriously enhanced as well by examining the techniques of Olympic athletes, particularly the use of performance enhancing techniques like "blood doping" (recycling blood you donated earlier to increase the volume of red blood cells) and the use of human growth hormones to promote muscle growth and promote healing, among other things. I'm sure the troops won't mind daily training regimes similar to modern pentathalon to develop strength and agility either as opposed to the "Fall in in three ranks, left turn, begin jogging".
Since we are in an environment where we have more tasks yet fewer people, finding ways to make big jumps in human potential should be on our shopping list along with the Gucci electronic kit and section/platoon/company level reorganization.
Cardstonkid said:The next step is the "Sleep pills" that will allow a person to sleep for 8 hours after having been awake for days and then when awake feel as if they had fully recovered from the long wake period. In the New Scientist article I believe it mentioned these drugs were in the clinical drug trial phase and are quickly approaching the application for approval stage.
If I remember correctly the trick of these drugs is that they do for our brain what sleep does. It keeps all the chemicals in balance. Like I said it should be an interesting next few years.
Cardstonkid said:Personally I am leery of the long-term consequences of chemical tinkering with the human brain. I won't be volunteering for any test groups of the new drugs.