It's tricky. We have a population of people who are quite unused to this measure of hard scientific invasiveness, myself included -- a measure which seems at times to protect us, and at other times, to keep us on a sort of leash, and was possibly the cause of things such as the manticores. I'm not entirely without sympathy.

[ But. You know. Fucking plebeians. He taps some ash into the cup that has about two teaspoons worth of stone cold over-sugared tea in it. ]

All the more reason to know what we're up against, I'd say. I'd be curious to know what you know regarding neuroscience and nanotechnology. Affecting mood, behaviours. Thought.