A new kind of military branch

[NickLiberty1776]

What if we had a military branch for highly intellectual people? This branch could be focused for assassination and espionage. They would also be responsible for weapons development and the application of science in warfare. Imagine a military branch composed of ninjas, spies, and scientists?

 

[Valjean]

Intelligent and deadly.
But what Kohlberg stage are we aiming for?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

What if we had a military branch for highly intellectual people? This branch could be focused for assassination and espionage. They would also be responsible for weapons development and the application of science in warfare. Imagine a military branch composed of ninjas, spies, and scientists?

Just recruit people who combine all three skills. I mean, ninjas already make pretty good spies, so all we really need to do is get highly intelligent ninjas with a Doctorate in Applied Astrophysics.
We could call them the Space Cadets.

 

[BSM1]

What if we had a military branch for highly intellectual people? This branch could be focused for assassination and espionage. They would also be responsible for weapons development and the application of science in warfare. Imagine a military branch composed of ninjas, spies, and scientists?

What makes you think we don't have a secret branch like this already?

 

[McBell]

What makes you think we don't have a secret branch like this already?

I suspect he thinks he would know about any secret branch like that...

 

[Revoltingest]

I suspect he thinks he would know about any secret branch like that...

But then it wouldn't be secret.

 

[McBell]

But then it wouldn't be secret.

this brings up an interesting inquiry:

how many people need know a secret before it is no longer a secret?​

 

[Revoltingest]

this brings up an interesting inquiry:

how many people need know a secret before it is no longer a secret?​

This is hard to quantify. But when enuf people know, that it's discussed on a forum of gadflies, malcontents, slackers, & retired groundskeepers, then it's no longer secret.

 

[McBell]

This is hard to quantify. But when enuf people know, that it's discussed on a forum of gadflies, malcontents, slackers, & retired groundskeepers, then it's no longer secret.

If I plan a surprise party for someone and let all their friends and and family know so they can be in on it but none of let the first mentioned someone know, is it still a secret from that first mentioned someone?

 

[Revoltingest]

If I plan a surprise party for someone and let all their friends and and family know so they can be in on it but none of let the first mentioned someone know, is it still a secret from that first mentioned someone?

No...there's always that one clueless friend who let's the cat out of the bag.

 

[McBell]

No...there's always that one clueless friend who let's the cat out of the bag.

If add a pile of sand to another pile of sand, what is the minimum number of grains of sand?

 

[Revoltingest]

If add a pile of sand to another pile of sand, what is the minimum number of grains of sand?

4583 grains

 

[McBell]

4583 grains

4 grains of sand.
It only takes 2 grains of sand to be a pile, but only if they are stacked one atop another.

 

[Flankerl]

Sorry to tell you but you are too late.

 

[The Hammer]

What if we had a military branch for highly intellectual people? This branch could be focused for assassination and espionage. They would also be responsible for weapons development and the application of science in warfare. Imagine a military branch composed of ninjas, spies, and scientists?

Kind of already exists. The Navy has the Cyber Warfare Command, along with an Intelligence division, then there is DARPA. Also, that is basically the job description of a Navy SEAL.

 

[JerryL]

What if we had a military branch for highly intellectual people? This branch could be focused for assassination and espionage. They would also be responsible for weapons development and the application of science in warfare. Imagine a military branch composed of ninjas, spies, and scientists?

A branch focused on spying, secret research, and (if it's to be done) assassination?

Yea. That's the CIA.

They even have their own space program with their own re-usable orbiter (It actually just landed a week or three ago after more than a year in space).