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This week I was left to ponder the immortal words of Eminen (or W.W Jacobs) "be care careful what you wish for, lest it come true". What prompted my reverie was the news in the Telegraph that scientists have succeeded in creating a "sexual Tsunami". Aside from conjuring images of a looming tidal wave of potentially bludgeonous "erotic aids" , the piece got me thinking about what impact this particular scientific advance could have on the world of no win, no fee claims - let's face it, it's doesn't take a huge leap of imagination to move from the word "Tsumani" to the phrase "personal injury".
Now, the process of evolution and the vagaries of courtship that accompany the human reproductive process mean that, aside from the odd aberration, all of us Homo sapiens sapiens desire to be attractive to potential mates. As such, vast sums of money are spent on scientific research into the phenomenon of attraction: there are, literally, billions of pounds to be made.
As reported by the Telegraph Scientists at Toronto University are just one group currently engaged in this area of research. They have discovered that by removing the cuticular hydrocarbon pheromone from fruit flies they are able to make them irresistible to other flies, including those of other species.
Pheremone sprays are already available to gullible luckless-in-love consumers and can be purchased from vending machines in many a UK pub and club and I don't feel that it would be unrealistic to speculate that some entrepreneurs out there are already thinking about how they might adapt the Toronto University findings to human use then commercialise the technology - which brings me back to no win, no fee claims.
If, as the scientists say, removing the cuticular hydrocarbon pheromone can create a whirling torrent of frisky flies eager to get a piece of the pheromonally altered subject, imagine what it would it would be like with human subjects. What I envisage is less of a Tsunami and more of a sexual stampede, and I've no doubt that personal injuries would ensue.
And, considering the process can attract mates of another species, just think about what it would be for pheromonally-enhanced humans to take a walk through the park.
"Yes," I'd say. "There goes Bruce. Before his treatment he was a lovelorn virgin who'd spend his evenings staring at his empty email inbox, waiting for response to one of his match.com adverts.
"Now look at him. What a lucky guy to be carried through the park in his lilac sedan by his ever-growing harem of lovers."
"Oh, hang on - what's this bounding, panting streak bulldozing its way across the landscape? My gosh, it's pack of rabid, priapic canines, all competing to see who will be first to latch onto Bruce's leg! Quick, turn away! I can't bear to watch."
The technology could be used in other ways too. In 1994 the US Department of Defense adapted the hippy slogan "Make love, not war" to "You make love, while we make war" when it researched the possibility of making a "love bomb" that it hoped would be able to harness pheromones to make enemy troops irresistible to each other. Officials concluded: "New discoveries needed." Well, the new discoveries may have just arrived.
But seriously, the attraction product market is one that needs stringent regulation because, after all, it preys on people's vulnerabilities and, as with all such markets, there is huge scope for exploitation.
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