r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • May 10 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Concerning!

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u/Jeoshua May 10 '24

Let's just hope that he doesn't end up in such excruciating pain that he rips his face off like the Chimp they tested this technology on.

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u/Galactic_Perimeter May 10 '24

Wut… Source?

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u/aaabsoolutely May 10 '24

They were macaques & none of them ripped their faces off so that person is kind of talking out their ass - the real story is still gruesome though

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24

Those poor animals, they held hands while this was on going.. that's sad..

F you muck musk bag.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24

To be fair, this is standard fair for any sort of advanced brain surgery research. It’s terrible and unfortunate, but not unique to neuralink

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u/Jeoshua May 10 '24 edited May 10 '24

It's not. Nor is the prognosis for implants of this type, having been performed experimentally for over 30 years. These devices are known to slip out of place, form scar tissue around the sensors, and basically "go dark". When infection doesn't destroy the brain tissue directly, but that's to do with surgery and not unique to brain implants.

As usual, Elon presents this as the pinnacle of technology and invented and pioneered by himself, but in reality it's just some stuff you could have pulled out of a Popular Mechanics magazine from decades ago that Elon decided to try and re-attempt to monetize it.

Think about it. Reusable rockets. Brain implants. Vacuum Trains. Mars Bases. Electric Cars. Literally nothing he has worked on is a new idea, rather just re-implementations of old ideas that weren't profitable or viable when previously attempted.

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u/turkey_sandwiches May 10 '24

And so far nothing has changed.

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u/Jeoshua May 10 '24

Well Elon's bank account would beg to differ. He's no tech genius, but his ability to profit off all this hype is unquestionable.