Elon Musk’s Neuralink Looking to Treat Tinnitus

Man, I would get Neuralink in an instant. If it really works, that might be the only thing I would prostitute myself for.

 

I would not. I would pay $1000 though.

 

Well a lot of the monkeys died in the trials so that's a risk lol.

 

They are testing a brain implant. Of course some animals are going to die. That is why they test on animals first and not humans. Do you think they are going to put it in and it’s going to work immediately? Stop with this nonsense! All of that animal welfare stuff is just a political attack on Elon Musk.

 

Normies aren’t against animal testing per se. Death is to be expected. The issue here is whether your boy Musk was complying with ethical protocols of the humane treatment of these monkeys. Worth looking into IMO. I do believe in experimenting medically PROVIDED that the animals aren’t mistreated.

 

I worry Musk has become too much of a cultural lighting rod for any discussion of his investments to be productive.

Both support and critique of this device can be interpreted as "political," which adds to all of our pre-established bias of just wanting something to work and being let down by so many other devices, drugs, and treatments in the past.

 

I think it's great that they're researching this and I fully support it. It is obviously an extremely complicated and dangerous procedure. Would be great to see it being successful.

Is it normal to have a high death rate in pre-clinical trials?

 

What are you basing your high death rate on?

 

I’m willing to risk death for just the chance of getting my life back with this. It would be a win/win in either case.

 

“Extreme Suffering”: 15 of 23 Monkeys with Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chips Reportedly Died

 

https://neuralink.com/patient-registry/application-instructions/

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before. It seems that patient applications are now open if you are in the US.

 

It's interesting to note that the patient registry specifically refers to patients with hearing loss as a target group.

 

I'd like to believe something could come from this but a lot of Musk's projects are driven more by arrogance than the scientific principles he says he stands for, with the usual failed results. The one true achievement I'd credit to Musk is the Falcon 9 rocket and that's about it. Throwing the ball through the window of the Cybertruck (TWICE) sort of epitomizes his bluster and I was foolish enough to put in a reservation for it anyway but I finally pulled it once it became clear he was falling down the Qanon rabbit-hole.