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Fox News - Two scientists at Yale University have built the laser’s first doppelganger: the anti-laser. While a conventional laser emits a constant beam of light in one direction, the anti-laser simply does the opposite. It takes that same steady light stream and interacts with it in such a way that it absorbs and cancels out the light. And scientists hope the strange creation could help the fight against cancer.
Something tells me this isn't going to be a good thing, like fighting cancer is just the tip of the iceberg. And I'm not talking about the invention of some super weapon to end the world or anything. Frankly, it doesn't sound that impressive. You know what else absorbs the light of a laser? A dark room with now windows. No, a weaponized form isn't a real fear.
My real fear is the onslaught of terrible movies, comics, and television shows that will sprout from this invention in the years to come. Think of all the cheesy movie plots that have dealt with lasers over the years. Every James Bond movie, every Austin Powers Movie, The Congo, a few terrible, pre Chris Nolan Batman movies. Now think of the horrible sequels to all those, and potential for new franchises dealing with the new "Anti-laser."
I'm depressed just thinking about it, we're in for years of pure shit coming out of Hollywood (as opposed to mediocre crap we've been dealing with for the past decade).
