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CoorsLight
02/10/22 6:39:05 PM
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Like I'm not an expert on paralysis but isn't it in most cases caused by severed connections of the spine? Techbros just think you can put a computer in everything and then watch it do magic
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Krojen
02/10/22 6:40:17 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
I'm vegan.
You're why I only said most lol

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COVxy
02/10/22 6:40:27 PM
#53:


CoorsLight posted...
Like I'm not an expert on paralysis but isn't it in most cases caused by severed connections of the spine? Techbros just think you can put a computer in everything and then watch it do magic

I mean, the point is to bypass the spine.

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Gwynevere
02/10/22 6:40:38 PM
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This is uhhh

Incredibly fucked up. That's about the friendliest way I can say it

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apocalyptic_4
02/10/22 6:41:18 PM
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And so begins the rise of the planet of the apes

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CoorsLight
02/10/22 6:45:20 PM
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COVxy posted...
I mean, the point is to bypass the spine.

Okay, so are there going to be some kind of muscle implants too?

They've already done tons of research into this, and successfully have bypassed the spine (to an extent) without some invasive implant to the most vital and vulnerable part of the body. It seems like the real challenge is getting people to walk without some cumbersome mechanical harness, not sticking a chip in their head.

As for the increasing intelligence, that's some dystopian shit
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Naysaspace
02/10/22 6:47:01 PM
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Jesus christ, Musk is an emotionless sociopath

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garan
02/10/22 6:52:00 PM
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...
Since it's clearly safe and he did no wrong, Musk can demonstrate by having the procedures done on himself.


That's the type of justice I'd like to see.
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COVxy
02/10/22 6:52:11 PM
#59:


CoorsLight posted...
Okay, so are there going to be some kind of muscle implants too?

They've already done tons of research into this, and successfully have bypassed the spine (to an extent) without some invasive implant to the most vital and vulnerable part of the body. It seems like the real challenge is getting people to walk without some cumbersome mechanical harness, not sticking a chip in their head.

Nah, the idea of using this type of system to restore function in spinal cord injuries is pretty solid, and the research has been going on for decades. The primary issue is mostly keeping an implant in the brain without leading to degradation of the electrode contacts, and without of degradation of neural tissue. These are things Musk's electrode arrays could actually help with.

But it's pretty much the only reasonable prospective use, so there's that. Everything else he says about it is bullshit.


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knightmarexx
02/10/22 6:52:45 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
I'm vegan.

But you're using a PC, and thus power, and plastic. Not really animal conscious. You've just said you'd sacrificed the advancements we've made in neurology, through animal testing - that have directly contributed to children being able to walk, see and survive to adulthood - if a few more animals can survive.
Yet you're using a PC, which DIRECTLY causes plastic pollution in the Sea, and causes 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste*. The power, you use to power your PC, causes 11.6 million birds a year die each year** so that you can power your grids, and cities.

*https://www.condorferries.co.uk/marine-ocean-pollution-statistics-facts
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Gwynevere
02/10/22 7:00:03 PM
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knightmarexx posted...
But you're using a PC, and thus power, and plastic. Not really animal conscious.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/9/AAUbfNAACVEx.jpg

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Humble_Novice
02/10/22 7:02:33 PM
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https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1491827050398765064
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Zero_Destroyer
02/10/22 7:04:30 PM
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Gwynevere posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/9/AAUbfNAACVEx.jpg


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DEKMStephens
02/10/22 7:32:55 PM
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A reality is that for such a technology to ever work stuff like this will have to happen to animals.

That said? I am sure the technology isn't even ready to be tested and Musk threw money at it to force it forward.

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Perthboy
02/10/22 7:54:13 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 7:57:11 PM
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Nemu posted...
I'd sacrifice ten thousand monkeys to extreme suffering and pain to let a single paralyzed child walk again.
Very plebian and rube-like thinking.
I'm sure you'd also sacrifice the same number of people who are not the same race as you to help one person who was.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 7:58:30 PM
#69:


COVxy posted...
It's bullshit, and they've done serious damage to the progress of science.
Lol no they haven't, most people are unfortunately just like you and simply don't care.

And if they have, that's a good thing.

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nexigrams
02/10/22 7:58:55 PM
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I'm a pretty big softee for animals, but I honestly don't give a shit if it leads to even a fraction of what he's promising. It's kinda the same thing with the meat industry, right? There's a certain primordial part of my brain that just really doesn't fucking care if enhances my life even a little.

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Starks
02/10/22 8:01:17 PM
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Musk should stick to his Starship presentation in an hour. At least that's going to work.

All this bullshit with robots and cybertrucks and neuralink is just not going anywhere.

But I'm not surprised that neuralink is torturing monkeys like this. Or pigs for that matter. They see it as just cracking a few eggs to make an omelet and that's the wrong approach

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COVxy
02/10/22 8:02:12 PM
#72:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Lol no they haven't, most people are unfortunately just like you and simply don't care.

Yes, yes they have. Non-human primate research is in serious decline because no university will risk the publicity anymore.

Animal rights activists have destroyed people's careers, entire fields of research.

A recent case:
https://www.science.org/content/article/animal-rights-conflict-prompts-leading-researcher-leave-germany-china

Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
And if they have, that's a good thing.

No, science is good.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:04:09 PM
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knightmarexx posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy

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Nemu
02/10/22 8:04:19 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Very plebian and rube-like thinking.
I'm sure you'd also sacrifice the same number of people who are not the same race as you to help one person who was.
Please tell me you're a troll because making the death defying leap of logic over the damn Grand Canyon to arrive at fucking eugenics is a bit much.
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1337toothbrush
02/10/22 8:06:11 PM
#76:


Is there a better way of carrying out this research?

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:07:22 PM
#77:


COVxy posted...
No, science is good.
Unit 731 was good then? I mean science is always good.

COVxy posted...
Animal rights activists have destroyed people's careers, entire fields of research.
And that's a good thing!

Nemu posted...
Please tell me you're a troll because making the death defying leap of logic over the damn Grand Canyon to arrive at fucking eugenics is a bit much.
No fundamental moral difference and you know your thinking is no different from racism. One is simply considered kosher currently and the other is not.

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DrizztLink
02/10/22 8:09:12 PM
#78:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
One is simply considered kosher currently and the other is not.
Please keep my people's ideas out of your dumbass arguments.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:09:58 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Please keep my people's ideas out of your dumbass arguments.
Lol sorry I didn't mean to offend actual eugenicists

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Nemu
02/10/22 8:10:13 PM
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OK, clear troll. That's fine.
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COVxy
02/10/22 8:10:15 PM
#81:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

Let me ask you a very simple question: do you denounce all animal research as evil?


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LeoRavus
02/10/22 8:10:21 PM
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Elon watches too many movies and I've seen this one. No one needs this. How will a brain chip help a paralyzed person walk again anyway? It's gonna fix the physical damage that caused the paralysis? "Damn my spinal cord is severed. Drill holes in my brain man, that'll do it".

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DrizztLink
02/10/22 8:11:05 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Lol sorry I didn't mean to offend actual eugenicists
Call the Jewish guy a eugenicist.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:12:26 PM
#84:


COVxy posted...
Let me ask you a very simple question: do you denounce all animal research as evil?
That's a silly question, not all animal research is harmful to animals. You shouldn't even have considered such a ridiculous question.

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1337toothbrush
02/10/22 8:14:11 PM
#85:


DrizztLink posted...
Call the Jewish guy a eugenicist.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.
Jews can't be eugenicists? Just look at Israel.

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CRON
02/10/22 8:14:50 PM
#86:


Elon Musk is a pathetic douchebag and the same can be said about his insufferable fans.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:15:21 PM
#87:


DrizztLink posted...
Call the Jewish guy a eugenicist.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.
Ah you got upset by the word "kosher".
Well I'm happy to inform you that Abrahamic law isn't actually an idea, but a mindless dogma so I didn't actually make use of any of "your people's" ideas. Cool identity politics horseshit nonsense though, very fashionable.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:15:50 PM
#88:


1337toothbrush posted...
Jews can't be eugenicists? Just look at Israel.
Also this

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CRON
02/10/22 8:17:16 PM
#89:


How the hell does a topic about Elon Musk turn into Jews?

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DrizztLink
02/10/22 8:17:23 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Also this
I wasn't aware I called myself Israeli.

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COVxy
02/10/22 8:19:22 PM
#91:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
That's a silly question, not all animal research is harmful to animals. You shouldn't even have considered such a ridiculous question.

That's a silly dodge. Are you against all invasive animal research?

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:19:56 PM
#92:


CRON posted...
How the hell does a topic about Elon Musk turn into Jews?
Good question, might as well segue it into a circumcision debate though since we're already on that track anyhow.

Circumcising babies is abuse and the hygiene argument is made by filthy bastards who have never heard of soap

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:23:24 PM
#93:


COVxy posted...
That's a silly dodge.
You asked if I'm against animal research and you just assume we're both thinking of invasive brain surgery and shit? How about you try to debate in good faith instead of attacking me for not knowing your thoughts better than your text.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
02/10/22 8:25:05 PM
#95:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

It's very easy to be fair. He's a clown, and a humorless one at that (bad combo if you ask me)

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COVxy
02/10/22 8:26:35 PM
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
You asked if I'm against animal research and you just assume we're both thinking of invasive brain surgery and shit? How about you try to debate in good faith instead of attacking me for not knowing your thoughts better than your text.

There's very very very little animal research that's noninvasive. Mostly because then there's no reason to use a nonhuman animal. Can just do the research in humans.

Like, we're pretty much only talking about ecology, where you simply track and observe animals. That's an extremely small portion of research.

So, no, the assumption was that you knew what you were talking about. Sorry bout that.

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g980
02/10/22 8:29:55 PM
#97:


another instance of CE's alt left fighting against science

how dare billionaires push forward space travel or try to cure paralysis

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Nemu
02/10/22 8:32:53 PM
#98:


g980 posted...
another instance of CE's alt left fighting against science

how dare billionaires push forward space travel or try to cure paralysis
Elon is a vaporware merchant who has done pretty much nothing that has actually had any real merit whatsoever. Every major promise is unfulfilled, and he has no clue as to what he's talking about most of the time. The most he's done is repackage existing tech and then fail on his promises to revolutionize them.

So this would be stupid criticism of a proper study, but it's likely proper criticism of anything he has his hands in.

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ThePusher
02/10/22 8:33:07 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

elon simps lmao
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Background_Guy
02/10/22 8:38:26 PM
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So everybody ITT was completely silent about the hundreds/thousands of animals being tested on and euthanized each year but when INTERNET MEME MAN does it, suddenly it's a problem.
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