Stardate 20010925.0923 (On Screen): This is extremely scary: researchers have created a synthetic virus which, when given to voles, cause changes in their behavior. It happens to make them more friendly to other voles, but that's not the point. Is this a technology we really want? Could an infectious disease be created in humans which altered human behavior in a controlled way? It's a fascist's wet dream. Let's not go there.
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