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The article felt a bit flat. Surely there's no such thing as "oops, monkey died, let me just grab the next one off the shelf". There's no real reporting into th
by IIAOPSW 5y ago
The article felt a bit flat. Surely there's no such thing as "oops, monkey died, let me just grab the next one off the shelf". There's no real reporting into the why or how, just uncritical repeating of the complaint that the neuralink research is dangerous / unethical. The reporting is so flimsy that one starts to look at the page and ask "wait, what site am I on anyway?" Hmm, I wonder what sort of bias a site called consequence has.
So naturally I click around. It appears to be some sort of music blog, with articles that are primarily focused on celebrity outrage gossip. Well, that explains a bit. Still neuralink is a bit outside their wheelhouse. How did this article get on their front page. Scrolling around at the top we see that the contributor basically just paraphrased what he read elsewhere for clicks. "Via Business Insider and the New York Post, the news comes from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an animal-rights group..."
Ok, so its a report of a report of an animal rights group claiming they plan to file a complaint (but haven't done so yet). This is all rather tenuous.
- caaqil 5y agoYeah, the URL should probably be changed to the Post article: https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/elon-musks-neuralink-allegedly-subjected-monkeys-to-extreme-suffering/ https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/elon-musks-neuralink-allegedly... (which was posted here a couple of times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30293937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30293937 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30305100 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30305100)
- cloutchaser 5y ago2 days ago Tesla Fremont was sued for being a racially segregated workplace. Like really, in 2022, in California. On very dubious grounds based on teslas blog post reply. These are opening shots in the musk vs woke war. We can’t have him standing up to warren and sanders, posting red pill memes and selfies with Jordan Peterson… Well good luck. I look forward to musk fighting them. He’s not your average corporate CEO who would rather bow and apologize. He fights. Hard.
- sschueller 5y agoElon created his own little apartheid state, his dad must be proud.
- walrus01 5y agoHas anyone located the emerald mines in Fremont yet?
- DarknessFalls 5y agoRegardless of where the news was reported in the original post, the only thing of importance is whether or not it's true. Did you check some of the original sources? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/extreme-suffering-15-23-monkeys-205653491.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/extreme-suffering-15-23-... https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/elon-musks-neuralink-allegedly-subjected-monkeys-to-extreme-suffering/ https://nypost.com/2022/02/10/elon-musks-neuralink-allegedly... This is worth looking into. First, it's using Tesla drivers as guinea pigs for automation. Then some strange experiments with boring holes under ground. Now torturing monkeys so we can transfer our consciousness. Someone needs to place this guy in check.
- baybal2 5y agoYou know that Musk Elon has a mental condition?
- bigbillheck 5y agoSo what if he does?
- black_13 5y ago
- hughrr 5y agoNarcissistic egomania?
- inflagranti 5y agoBut he's also a middle-aged white guy, so surely that's a wash? Hope that illustrated the silliness of this line of argument.
- pvaldes 5y agoHe didn't killed the monkeys by his own hands, so... how is this relevant to this discussion? Well, In fact the only source of this news, is less than impartial and has an agenda to fill for profit, so... maybe we should hear the other part also first (instead to assume things by default).
- ksec 5y ago>Well, that explains a bit. I am thinking if I should flag the submission. Not for or against the idea, but the content was just poor.