This also plays a major role in Frederick Forsyths book “The Fist of Good”. It pretty much mentions all the things in the article, I was actually surprised how accurate the book is.

Ah brings back memories! Damn interesting.com was the site that hooked me onto evolutionary biology. The following article in particular: “Parasites of the brain” https://www.damninteresting.com/nugget/parasites-on-the-brai...

I find the science and history of so-called "super guns" very interesting, and this article was no exception. Disappointed only slightly there wasn't more on the background of these weapons, such as the Nazi V-3 Cannon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon

If that's piqued your interest, you might also be interested in disappearing down the tangential rabbit hole that starts off with reading about Schwerer Gustav: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

Thanks for this, can't get crazier than Operation Upshot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Upshot_test.ogv

Good novel: Frederick Forsyth — The Fist of God.

There was a movie made about this guy back in the 90s. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109650/

The movie is not very good sadly. It is a strange attempt to romanticize a man who ultimately just wants to make a really big gun because when he was a kid he wanted to build a really big gun.