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I once went deep into rabbit hole of why neurotechnology progresses so slowly. My conclusion was that it’s a chicken and egg situation. Tech advances depend on
by paraschopra 3y ago
I once went deep into rabbit hole of why neurotechnology progresses so slowly.
My conclusion was that it’s a chicken and egg situation. Tech advances depend on what we know about human brain and what we know about it is constrained by ethical concerns
Here’s the full write up https://notes.invertedpassion.com/Consciousness/Why+brain-machine+interfaces+progress+so+slowly https://notes.invertedpassion.com/Consciousness/Why+brain-ma...
- _uhtu 3y ago"constrained by ethical concerns" glosses over "chimps that we test on die at horrific rates" pretty hard.
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- pmarreck 3y agoif we are just chemical reactions writ in meatspace, then where's the room for "ethical considerations" except as performative nod to the illusory problem of pain and death? /speaking sarcastically about hard materialism, of which I am simultaneously a critic but also recommend to be the universal null hypothesis
- jschveibinz 3y agoThat is quite the statement, sarcasm aside. I guess I need to read more on hard materialism. These sound like folks you probably don’t want to chat with at a dinner party.