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Charles Lieber, a Harvard scientist who got arrested for lying about his ties to China, has defected to China to continue experimental brain research (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

It matters both insofar as the specific experience people have of disability matters and that you insisted that you were talking about a specific thing in spite of correction.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I once again ask how me not realizing the specific distinction is relevant to the original point I was making. Are you suggesting that suffering of people with specific conditions is less important than others?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Let me go back to the first post I made here

    Paraplegics would be like 50th in line for this kind of neuroprosthesis. Most paraplegics would probably forego experimental neurosurgery in order to get a slightly better mobility aid. (Which at this point is the best this can do. Which isn't nothing. But the number of people who hate their wheel chair that much isnt as high as you may think)

    Which of course lays out why the difference is relevant.

    And let me add: That is some dishonest bullshit in response to being proven wrong dude. That is genuinely sad and hostile and you need to log off.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    To sum up, you made up an assertion without any basis. Then when shown that this tech is actually being used to help disabled people, you started doubling down on hair splitting not being able to acknowledge being wrong. Maybe take your own advice there.

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