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Neurosurgeons live in a very weird bubble around elective surgery. I was at a conference where people were debating the merits of non-invasive vs. invasive neu
by mattkrause 6y ago
Neurosurgeons live in a very weird bubble around elective surgery.
I was at a conference where people were debating the merits of non-invasive vs. invasive neural interfaces. A surgeon argued that people would obviously never accept non-invasive ones...ON COSMETIC GROUNDS: EEG caps (and similar) look dorky.
Many people do go to great pains to hide disabilities, but I was (and still am) really skeptical that this totally trumps fears around highly-invasive neurosurgery!
- offtop5 6y agoI could see this being something that gets implanted towards the end of your life. Hypothetically let's say I'm 90, I'd love to be able to jack into the matrix to play with my grandkids.
- mattkrause 6y agoMaybe.... Even though it's an incredibly effective treatment, surgeons are pretty reluctant to do DBS implants on older patients with Parkinson's Disease because of the risks of the surgery itself. That's with a pretty clear medical case too.