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There was a reddit AMA in 2011 where a guy went to China and got stem cell treatments for his paralysis[1] and could walk now. Nobody on Reddit believed him.

There was a reddit AMA in 2011 where a guy went to China and got stem cell treatments for his paralysis[1] and could walk now. Nobody on Reddit believed him. They basically spent the whole AMA trying to tell him it didn't happen. Then America did it 2016 and everyone was like "The Future is here and we did it first!"[2]. No, the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed, or maybe it's already happening somewhere in China. 1.https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/k1hts/i_am_a_28yr_old_american_who_went_to_china_to/c2h3lm6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/k1hts/i_am_a_28yr_old... 2.https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2jvllq/a_cure_for_paralysis_world_first_as_man_with/ https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2jvllq/a_cure_for_par...

joering2 10y ago
Reminds me of the story of a young boxer from my gym. He eventually became very popular and gotten a World Kickboxing champion title. HE was very humble and trained at our gym all the time. There was this guy that challenged him few times over the span of his title and every time he endup KO the champion. So it was funny watching him being an undisputed champion on the TV, yet knowing he got beaten to KO few times by someone who hasn't been boxing professionally or did not make a career out of his box..
debt 10y ago
there's zero evidence in 1. that he 1) had paralysis 2) went to china 3) got stem cell treatment.
- sbierwagen 10y ago
  You seem to have some cardinality issues in your numbering there.
  - bdcravens 10y ago
    He was listing points in reference to link #1. Don't see an issue.
espadrine 10y ago
We do tend to diminish achievements from Asia historically. They discovered America first (the whole notion of "discovering" first a place where there already are people is absurd), they got printing first, they mastered gunpowder first... and yet most westerners will name Columbus, Gutenberg, and Europe.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  They mastered basic rocketry even before Europe got proficient with gunpowder...
- danpalmer 10y ago
  If you're basing the claim that they discovered America first on the book 1421 (which many people do) then you should know it's generally considered to be very poor quality historical research by most historians.
- oelmekki 10y ago
  For what it's worth, I'm in France and it's common knowledge here that China invented gunpowder. I don't think I've ever heard someone saying Europe did.
  - jacobush 10y ago
    But Europe was the first to do CANNONS on a large scale...
    - oelmekki 10y ago
      Oh, yeah. Now you're mentioning it, "China invented gunpowder" is often followed by "but they used it only for fireworks".
      - funkyy 10y ago
        Polish here. We learn in schools that Chinese invented gunpowder - period. Few more things we learn about them and Arabs as well.

joering2 10y ago

Reminds me of the story of a young boxer from my gym. He eventually became very popular and gotten a World Kickboxing champion title. HE was very humble and trained at our gym all the time. There was this guy that challenged him few times over the span of his title and every time he endup KO the champion. So it was funny watching him being an undisputed champion on the TV, yet knowing he got beaten to KO few times by someone who hasn't been boxing professionally or did not make a career out of his box..

debt 10y ago

there's zero evidence in 1. that he 1) had paralysis 2) went to china 3) got stem cell treatment.

sbierwagen 10y ago
You seem to have some cardinality issues in your numbering there.
- bdcravens 10y ago
  He was listing points in reference to link #1. Don't see an issue.

espadrine 10y ago

We do tend to diminish achievements from Asia historically. They discovered America first (the whole notion of "discovering" first a place where there already are people is absurd), they got printing first, they mastered gunpowder first... and yet most westerners will name Columbus, Gutenberg, and Europe.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
They mastered basic rocketry even before Europe got proficient with gunpowder...
danpalmer 10y ago
If you're basing the claim that they discovered America first on the book 1421 (which many people do) then you should know it's generally considered to be very poor quality historical research by most historians.
oelmekki 10y ago
For what it's worth, I'm in France and it's common knowledge here that China invented gunpowder. I don't think I've ever heard someone saying Europe did.
- jacobush 10y ago
  But Europe was the first to do CANNONS on a large scale...
  - oelmekki 10y ago
    Oh, yeah. Now you're mentioning it, "China invented gunpowder" is often followed by "but they used it only for fireworks".
    - funkyy 10y ago
      Polish here. We learn in schools that Chinese invented gunpowder - period. Few more things we learn about them and Arabs as well.