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Interesting subject, but the experiment is a rube-goldberg mess--a cartesian product of frequencies, intensities, durations, and a rather complex targeting system.

Not looking forward to the same kind of rig being attached to high-power lasers, and pointed at civilians.



Not that I think there aren't governments and other organizations willing to do that, but it has been proven time and again that chemical explosives (e.g. gunpowder) is just hard to beat for killing efficiency. In other words, anyone willing to do that, would probably be willing to just shoot them with a bullet or drop a bomb on them, and that would always be cheaper.


explosives don't really jive with the social credit system's API


> Not looking forward to the same kind of rig being attached to high-power lasers, and pointed at civilians.

Already happening: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System




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