01 · STEM
James Giordano
«What a weapon does is in some way alters that individual's thoughts, emotions, behaviors, physical nature, health, in such a way that it's going to be more amenable to the individual who is yielding the weapon.»
James Giordano is emeritus hoogleraar neurologie en biochemie aan het Georgetown University Medical Center. Sinds 2025 leidt hij het Center for Disruptive Technology and Future Warfare van het Institute for National Strategic Studies, onderdeel van de National Defense University (NDU), de universiteit van het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie. Dat staat op de sites van Georgetown en de NDU. Hij spreekt in openbare lezingen over neurowapens.
«What a weapon does is in some way alters that individual's thoughts, emotions, behaviors, physical nature, health, in such a way that it's going to be more amenable to the individual who is yielding the weapon.»
«This amount of nanomaterial, if able to maintain and sustain with regard to its deliverability and aerosolization, could, in fact, affect all of you.»
«I'd go to Des Moines… I infect a couple of Sentinel cases in Des Moines… Then what I do is the real bug that I use is the Internet — I take attribution for that.»
«Despite the daunting complexity of the task, it's time for the nations of the world to start closing these legal and ethical gaps — and taking other security precautions — if they hope to control the neuroweapons threat.»