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An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.

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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's testing it on paralyzed people, so they're probably depressed and desperate. It's kind of like he's trying to help, but it could be seen as sleazy because he knows these people will try anything to fix their situation.

[–] DeveloperKai@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"He's testing it on paralyzed people"

He's exploiting paralyzed people under the guise of trying to help them.

[–] jhulten@infosec.pub 18 points 1 year ago

Hes experimenting on the disabled.

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Sure, that's what I was saying in the following sentence.

[–] Clevermistakes@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

So to phrase this appropriately: you could say the apartheid blood emerald trust fund baby is experimenting with dangerous technology on disabled people because he views them as less than human. I don’t think it can be viewed any other way than sleazy. Besides it’s not like people with disabilities are so desperate they don’t care about their quality of life.