US military reveals a bizarre device that increases learning by 40%

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Shivali Best

[Gay State Conservative]

Some of the NCOs...and officers...I dealt with long,long ago could have used such a device.

[chrisser]

I wonder if it will help learn from history.

If so, maybe we should mandate it for members of a certain political persuasion.

[gaijin]

Nancy Pelosi should be interested in this.

[marktwain]

Very useful for anyone.

It makes sense that combat soldiers would be early users.

[mplc51]

Pre Programmed to make the students all Liberals.

[Pecos]

The person wearing it probably has to have a willingness to learn, so using the band could be a failure from the start, if you know what I mean.

[fella]

Could have used one of these back on the cusp of the 70’s when I was in college. Could have partied more and studied less . . . uh . . . I meant to say . . . I could have studied harder and brought my grade point up.

[Moonman62]

Nancy Pelosi should be interested in this.

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Yes. It would destroy the Democrat party.

[captain_dave]

I’m not sure it would help Sergeants Major or Lieutenant Colonels and above. Military plaque sets in making normal functioning difficult. A similar phenomenon is seen among people with liberal arts doctorates where normal reasoning ability is severely restricted.

[Yorlik803]

Nancy would put it around her waist and complain it doesn’t work.

[PLMerite]

You have to be careful not to overdo it:

[vladimir998]

Great. Everyone will use it.

And then they’ll discover it causes cancer. Or something.

[PlateOfShrimp]

With this one weird trick!

[knarf]

C'MON, folks ..... wake up !

[meatloaf]

Especially if it causes cancer.

[KC_Lion]

A book?

[Savage Rider]

So ... our military will be used as test subjects for this device so we can learn the long term effects of overstimulation of the brain?

[Gay State Conservative]

It makes sense that combat soldiers would be early users.

Having served during the Vietnam era,but never having been ordered to SE Asia,I sometimes wondered...and still wonder...how I would have handled combat.For *me*,at least,the main issue probably would have been courage rather than intelligence...but both would certainly be useful.

I,personally,am skeptical regarding this device.Having once worked for a neuropathologist I have a tiny bit of knowledge regarding brain research...but I worked for him long ago,so things might have changed.

[oh8eleven]

Ever hear of Project 100,000?

"... a program devised by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1966 to ease recruitment standards for the United States Army."

The program essentially allowed anyone with a body temp of 98.6 into the Army, and later all services.
The underlining goal was to create a pool of men, not the brightest bulbs in the box (i.e. expendable), to fuel the expanding war in Vietnam.