Would Fear Of Alien Invasion Trigger Mass Psychogenic Illness
If many individuals come to believe that the psychosomatic outbreak is connected to the cause of the trauma or anxiety, these symptoms can spread rapidly throughout a population. -- Office of Intelligence and Analysis / Directorate for Preparedness, Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center
Although the DHS is more concerned about mass psychogenic illness triggered by fear of a terrorist attack, we have heard similar concerns raised over viral tales of UFO invaders spread by the Internet.
One might wonder about unintended consequences of revealing our world has been visited by an extraterrestrial presence -- perhaps there should be a psychogenic/extraterrestrial threat assessment division at the Department of Homeland Security! (We were contacted by someone affiliated with DHS who expressed an interest in UFO-related phenomena, but assumed this was merely a personal inquiry.)
Is the fear of an alien invasion enough to trigger a mass psychogenic illness?
The public's vision of an extraterrestrial threat (largely due to Hollywood myth-makers) is no longer confined to Independence Day star wars" battles in the sky.
Am I the only one to notice that reports of unusual aerial phenomena documented by the British Ministry of Defence are (at the least) suggestive of the kind of advanced swarming nanotechnology being promoted at NASA?
Active materials can theoretically be made entirely of machines. These are sometimes called swarms since they consist of large numbers of identical simple machines that grasp and release each other and exchange power and information to achieve complex goals. Swarms change shape and exert force on their environment under software control.
Component design, power distribution and control software are significant challenges for swarm development. Consider that with 10 micron components a cubic meter of swarm would contain about 10 to the 15th power devices, each with an internal computer communicating with its neighbors to accomplish a global task.
The recent wave of digital Hollywood special effects, inspired by tales of future applications for nanotechnology and other paraphysical phenomena are invoking terror on the public airwaves, thanks to J.J. Abrams new TV series "Fringe".
Is the exploding viral expansion of belief in future technologies once thought to be impossible the next DHS public health hazard?
Reference: faces-on-mars.blogspot.com
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