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in preparation for the shift to projected energy weapons,

"If you see light or feel heat from an unknown source"

the whole thing reads a little like a paranoia trigger.





I read it as sympathetic to the paranoid people who believe these things, and gently steering them towards medical help instead.

The section above seems to explain why this article is written the way it is. Many people do experience sensations or see things that we otherwise cannot. They may have heightened sensitivity or could have a mental or neurological condition that produces these experiences. Some people may feel like they are going crazy seeing or hearing things that aren't actually there. Others feed into the experiences and believe they exist, like targeted individuals do. Someone that may be unsure if they are really seeing lasers or feeling indeterminate heating may and hasn't totally fallen down the DEW or TI rabbit hole could benefit from seeing something that basically says "I believe you're hearing/seeing/feeling these things, there may be medical explanation so you may want to see a doctor."

Only the paranoid survive... I am going there.

What about LIDAR on self-driving cars?

I have heard that these damage cameras and I am curious as to whether they are equally damaging to eyeballs.

Do I need my tin hat or is there nothing to worry about?


Was interested in this also but hardly any comments. Maybe we're the only paranoid ones?

Aside, I hate oncoming Teslas at night, feels like high beams permanently on. Effect seems more with Tesla. Flashing high beams at them does no good maybe it's all AI controlled or the drivers don't care.


I had an infra red laser for awhile and I was always very very nervous of it. Damaging ones eyes with it was very very easy.

>"If you see light or feel heat from an unknown source"

"If you see the flash, it's already too late"


If you're repeatedly contacted by paranoid people who want help from you that you can't provide, you might write something like this.

It's ok. When someone finally weaponizes this for terror purposes, you probably won't have time to react before you're permanently blind. No sense worrying about it.

It's in the title itself! lol



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