Comments on: The Truth About Truth Serum

By: jstephens

jstephens — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:31:18 +0000

[quote]Alan Bellows said: “It might have helped the fire brigade at Chernobyl, and the men in submarine K-19 (though the drug isn’t known to protect against badly affected Russian accents).”[/quote]

I heard that the fire crew, and some others, were spared some of the harshness of the radiation because they were very intoxicated by alcohol (it’s documented that they survived). Something to the effect of potentially fatal doses not being fatal because the alcohol effectively counteracted, or stunted, what was happening to their cells because of the radiation.

By: Grib

Grib — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:37:04 +0000

"If you've ever been intoxicated, then you are personally familiar with the effects that truth serum has on the mind and body. "

... uh? You mean like dancing half naked on the bar?

By: King Randall

King Randall — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:35:51 +0000

Has anyone supposed what might be used as an effective truth-telling agent? I submit the “vice-grip and testicles” approach. Yeah yeah, it’s “torture”. But so is The View, and dumb commercials, and television in general, yet nobody’s writing to their Congressmen about THAT. I’ll leave that thought on the table right over there, if anyone wants it.

By: Tink

Tink — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:44:06 +0000

Sr.Spielberg said: "I just stumbled into this site today and feel glad to have found so much interesting information.... This is still occuring - look at Guantanamo. I can't pity terrorists but may, occasionally, feel sorry for them."

Thanks for joining us! Btw, love your books. LOL ;-P

By: 7HS

7HS — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:44:11 +0000

coppereagle said: "Why don't hospitals conducting radiation therapy administer this drug to CANCER patients !?? Would it be benneficial for other X-rays and so fourth ?"

Because it would have the exact same cell-preserving effect on the cancerous cells as the rest of the body, perhaps?

As for X-rays, it's simply not worth the expense when a lead apron is nearly as effective.

By: groover000

groover000 — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:35:00 +0000

plowshare said: “Another popular movie myth I’d like to see explored is that of silencers on pistols. Just how much does a silencer mute the report of a pistol?

I read a short piece on this years ago which said that the report is still very loud, but I can’t remember where.”

It all depends on the type and caliber of the weapon as this Wikipedia article states:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor

By: coppereagle

coppereagle — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:01:52 +0000

Why don’t hospitals conducting radiation therapy administer this drug to CANCER patients !?? Would it be benneficial for other X-rays and so fourth ?

By: Sr.Spielberg

Sr.Spielberg — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:50:25 +0000

I just stumbled into this site today and feel glad to have found so much interesting information.
The failings of truth serums have been known for decades. Real interrogation is a much more unpleasant process. Interestingly the common view that physical torture is optimal is incorrect. It is hard to interrogate someone who is unconscious. By far the most successful techniques are altering the victims mental state not by pain but by giving them a distorted view of the world. This may be done by overloading their senses with noise or light. On others putting them into real solitary confinement (pitch black, no noise, not even a breeze to give any stimulation, restrained and unable to move) will give the best results. All of this is very well known – the CIA (and almost all covert agencies of all countries ) have experimented by trying different interrogation methods and then using the ones that work. This is still occuring – look at Guantanamo. I can’t pity terrorists but may, occasionally, feel sorry for them.