• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Has this been studied? I’d be very curious to see how much the risk is diminished.

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      1 month ago

      That’s the thing it’s not diminished. The brain doesn’t see it as any different than directing fire through binoculars.

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        1 month ago

        Do we know that though? I’m genuinely just curious because it seems to me like it would be at least somewhat diminished.

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          We know that. Trauma is an interesting thing. There are many ways to get traumatized. And all trauma can cause PTSD. So an Infantryman could see a dead body but never actually get into a fight and end up with PTSD. It can happen on the first body, or the 100th. Drone Operators are prone to something called moral injury. Basically they get a form a trauma from seeing the results of their work.