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Does it provide actionable data? If not, we're just discussing the dollar amount by which panicky, obsessive parents should be screwed. IMO a more likely outc
by sk5t 14y ago
Does it provide actionable data? If not, we're just discussing the dollar amount by which panicky, obsessive parents should be screwed.
IMO a more likely outcome than preventing SIDS is a device malfunction leading to parental heart trouble and general distress.
Perhaps an analogue would be a device that illuminates a green light when there is not a (dreadful disease|nuclear strike|zombie horde) incoming...
- tinco 14y agoI don't think it's very unhealthy for a parent to be obsessed with the health of their child. To be honest, a soothing green light that indicates a bunch of dangers are not to worry about sounds pretty good to me too. I think a device malfunction would at worst lead to a baby being forced awake by a worried parent to check everything is ok...
- regularfry 14y agoThe worst case would be a soothing green light when things aren't ok.
- ctdonath 14y agoDoes it provide actionable data? What part of "the child is, in fact, not breathing" isn't obviously actionable? Seems you've never stared at a child in dim light, waiting for some sign of life, knowing everything is probably ok and you don't want to disturb the snowflake to find out, but know that there are nontrivial odds of spontaneous expiration and the consequence of further inaction may be dire. Cheap insurance, peace of mind, good profits in mitigating a fair concern.
- sk5t 14y agoI'm asking how this "not breathing indicator" could be used to improve outcomes. What does one do if it signals a problem--are parents going to be trained to perform CPR on their infants (and would that even help if done properly)? Pandering to parents' fears about something they can do nothing to solve does not seem to me like a productive thing.
- ctdonath 14y ago"I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Babbage Call 911. Do CPR (yes, some of us are trained). Get in the car and race the kid into the ER. Clear the airway. Solve the problem. What, you're going to SIT THERE WHILE YOUR CHILD DIES???