Fighting The Mind War

Voices In Hyperspace by Legendary Black Lion

Episode notes

In this episode the crew takes a look at Mind War, we explore the dark themes of eugenics, unethical medical experiments, and super soldiers. We analyze how the show portrays a telepath as a subject of brutal experiments by the Psi Corps, a powerful organization that seeks to create enhanced telepaths for their own purposes. We also compare the telepaths' situation to the historical cases of eugenics and medical abuse that targeted Black Americans, such as the Tuskegee syphilis study and the HeLa cells. We discuss how the show raises ethical questions about the rights  ... 

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