Comment on Nanobots will be used to attack people, rendering guns obsolete

• Prathas@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because converting your enemy to further do your bidding is way better than just killing them, of course!

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not always.

    It’s more like you’re making bribery and traditional brainwashing obsolete. But if you just want someone dead, a gun is still the better tool.

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    • Prathas@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, I’m thinking along the lines of Sun Tzu’s general philosophy of “Don’t kill needlessly.” It’s why China will never nuke Taiwan; they want its semiconductor factories and other resources, including human labor. Same with the US and Russia, perhaps… By the way, I am strictly in this scenario talking about military application, not merely home defense/individuals fighting. I could have clarified that from the start, I’m now realizing, so my mistake.

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