Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researching snake venom say

Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by bovermyer on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @07:13PM (#26641696)

It depends.

Looking at it purely from an efficiency perspective, encouraging biological weapon development in humans at a rapid pace - possibly through retroviral techniques - may be more effective than technological devices, if the former is less detectable than the latter, and especially if the former has a lower price point than the latter.

There are multiple variables in play here, and that's not even getting into the ethical considerations.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by ed25519FUUU on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @07:41PM (#26641919)

How is that time and effort possibly more effective than taking an already skilled person and giving them a gun?

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by bovermyer on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:15PM (#26642483)

Well, to put it another way, why would you devote time towards a hypothetical violent emission of kinetic force from an explosive device when you could more immediately benefit from removing an intelligent obstacle by applying force with a blunt object?

E.g. - why research a gun when you could brain someone with a big rock?

Seriously, not trying to be condescending here - if you could probably do a thing more effectively down the road with one path, why would you choose a more immediate path?

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by jedberg on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @07:45PM (#26641946)

As OP said, detachability. If you have a venom gland, even if you have to go through a metal detector it probably won't be found.

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