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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

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360 points danielmorozoff | 9 comments | 24 Aug 25 09:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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devinprater ◴[26 Aug 25 18:21 UTC] No.45030311[source]▶
I'll let other blind people go first, but I'm definitely some one that would love, love, love to be able to see. Driving, knowing body language, playing any and every video game out there, shoot yeah!
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BrandoElFollito ◴[26 Aug 25 20:04 UTC] No.45031652[source]▶
Why would you not go first? If you are blind it cannot be worse (well it can, but there are always risks).

My wife went through semi-expetimental therapy (at that time) for her MS. It was tough but ultimately a net benefit.

It all depends on what is at stake - I would consider Ozempic for some weight loss but prefer, for now, go for no sugar and moderate portions. This is not life changing for me so I indeed prefer people who will benefit way more from it to go first.

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1. justin66 ◴[26 Aug 25 21:08 UTC] No.45032362[source]▶
> If you are blind it cannot be worse

Holy moly.

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2. fracus ◴[26 Aug 25 22:16 UTC] No.45033031[source]▶
I think it was obvious they meant the condition of blindness cant't be worse.
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3. jibal ◴[26 Aug 25 22:28 UTC] No.45033139[source]▶
No, that's obviously not obvious, since the person you responded to thought otherwise.
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4. BrandoElFollito ◴[27 Aug 25 06:07 UTC] No.45035965[source]▶
Yes, this is what I meant.
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5. justin66 ◴[27 Aug 25 11:29 UTC] No.45038168{3}[source]▶
I can imagine some rather catastrophic negative outcomes from novel new brain surgery techniques, even if the blindness were not somehow made worse.
6. fracus ◴[28 Aug 25 02:41 UTC] No.45047744{3}[source]▶
"I" think was obvious
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7. jibal ◴[28 Aug 25 04:13 UTC] No.45048316{4}[source]▶
And you are wrong, as noted. If you mean "it was obvious to me", that's a different matter ... but it's also irrelevant.
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8. account42 ◴[28 Aug 25 08:31 UTC] No.45049822[source]▶
But then it's also obvious that this is an irrelevant argument because other things very much can get worse. It's not like becoming blind would be the primary concern of a non-blind person getting a brain implant.
9. fracus ◴[28 Aug 25 19:31 UTC] No.45056099{5}[source]▶
It isn't always pragmatic to account for the 5% of people who misinterpret what is being said or who aren't able to contextualize because they are stupid. We've all misinterpreted obvious things before. It isn't that big of a deal.