>But the ability to actively shut off pain once you've acknowledged the problem That's not what this implant does though. It's all automatic within a few secon

>But the ability to actively shut off pain once you've acknowledged the problem That's not what this implant does though. It's all automatic within a few seconds which implies that you'd never be able to discern life threatening pain from stubbing your toe. It seems you'd receive an extremely short lived pain signal (if any) and then it'd be gone. You'd have to give manual control to the individual for your suggestion to work and that comes with its own issues of "abuse" >Once it detects an electrical signal that suggests “pain found,” it sends the information to the “sleeper agent,” a computer chip implanted in the front part of the brain. The chip then automatically triggers a light beam to stimulate the region, activating neurons that can override pain signals.