Dr. Jonathan Crane later known as The Scarecrow was a professor of psychology who studied the effects of various drugs on members of the Arkham Insane Asylum to see the effects of fear on humans. He later went on to a life of crime taking his experiments way beyond the realm of moral and started to treat everyone as a test subject for his study in fear and phobias.
The way Dr. Crane creates fear is by his aerosol fear toxin or fear gas. It causes the victims to see hallucinations of their worst fears come to life. It is noted that Batman has a cure for the toxin in hand at all times. Drug-induced hallucinations are not a new idea many kinds of drugs like deliriants and psychedelics that influence the brain also create hallucinations. For a doctor of psychology who had intimate knowledge of the brain it would not be far fetched for him to create a drug that can affect the amygdala and force the feeling of fear.
A random thought--- do you think in our future we will also begin having 'fear tests'? I guess like experiments to test the bravery of people? (Think Fear Factor) What are your opinions about that? For or against? (beneficial?)
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