Flies get 'mind-control sex swap'

Flies get 'mind-control sex swap'

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Scientists have been able to take control of flies' brains to make females behave just like males.

Researchers genetically modified the insects so that a group of brain cells that control sexual behaviour could be "switched on" by a pulse of light.

The team was able to get female fruit flies to produce a courtship song - behaviour usually only seen in males.

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Why?

Why would anyone even consider the idea of such experiments and to what end?
What do they aim to achieve?

Is this a step towards working out how else mankind can be controlled?
First we get advertising and the temptations offered by visual stimulus.
Then we get subliminal messages pumped to us through radio or TV.
Now we have military and law enforcement 'sound' weapons that can control the mood of masses of people all at once.

Do they intend to alter humans so that we can be controlled by any beams of light shone from anywhere at anytime?

How would they implement such a change in us? vaccinations? diet? genetic modification through parents deciding what genes their children should have?
Or is it a set up for future clones. An army of clones responding to information sent to them via satellite and displayed in a HUD or even implanted imagery devices.

Add that to the recent testing of exo-skeletons for soldiers and you've got quite a formidable force.

Going out on a limb now, but it could also be designed to force flies to reproduce to help clear up any of the billions of people who may die in the possible mass starvation of the planet.

But the bottom line is, why this study? what's the point? how is it funded?

This can only be designed for the long term control of humans or clones and, quite frankly, I can think of a lot of other better ways to advance our sciences and the human condition overall

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