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You don't need horror movies with such science.

• dang 2y ago
  Or at any rate with such headlines. We've adopted the more neutral subtitle now.
  • phildenhoff 2y ago
    The title "For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight" is much clearer than "Surgery aims to restore sight by implanting a telescopic lens in a tooth". First, the tooth is put into the eye — used as biocompatible material to hold the lens. Second, the surgery is 60 years old and has something like a 94% success rate after 27 years, so it's hardly fair to say "surgery _aims_ to restore sight". It almost certainly will restore sight. The part that is interesting in this story is that it's an uncommon surgery that is happening only for the first time _in Canada_.
    • dang 2y ago
      Those are good points. dcminter suggested a different wording, which might have a less agitating effect, so we can try that for a while. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43208774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43208774
      • phildenhoff 2y ago
        Thanks! Your hard work is appreciated.