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This is an article from 2010 about a woman who has no fear response as a result of brain damage. I knew I had to post it here as soon as I read the first few sentences:

A 44-year-old woman with a rare form of brain damage can literally feel no fear, according to a case study published yesterday in the journal Current Biology. Referred to as SM, she suffers from a genetic condition called Urbach-Wiethe Disease.

Emphasis added. SM, huh? How perfect is that?

So now we know why the SM know no fear -- they all have Urbach-Wiethe Disease. It probably also explains why they live according to a strict monastic lifestyle, given the attendant inappropriate social behaviors.

That's kind of cool.

 Manchu wrote:
This is an article from 2010 about a woman who has no fear response as a result of brain damage. I knew I had to post it here as soon as I read the first few sentences:

A 44-year-old woman with a rare form of brain damage can literally feel no fear, according to a case study published yesterday in the journal Current Biology. Referred to as SM, she suffers from a genetic condition called Urbach-Wiethe Disease.

Emphasis added. SM, huh? How perfect is that?

So now we know why the SM know no fear -- they all have Urbach-Wiethe Disease. It probably also explains why they live according to a strict monastic lifestyle, given the attendant inappropriate social behaviors.

Good to know there are others like my daughter.

"I'm not in here with you. You're in here, with me."
-Genghis Connie on High School

 PrehistoricUFO wrote:
That's kind of cool.

Batman dealt with it once. It didn't go over well for him having no fear-he almost died multiple times. I realize it's fantasy vs this reality, but I can't see the results being much better. As he put it: "A little fear is a good thing."

If she has no fear she cannot know courage.

So long as she is realistic enough not to tempt fate having no fear can be a good thing.

As for the Astartes perhaps surgery simulates the condition, its thr sort of thing the Imperium would do.

But can she rapid fire a bolter?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
But can she rapid fire a bolter?

One thing's for sure, she wouldn't be afraid to try!