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Terrible Things Happened to Monkeys After Getting Neuralink Implants, According to Veterinary Records (futurism.com)
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An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (8 children)

He's testing it on paralyzed people, so they're probably depressed and desperate. It's kind of like he's trying to help, but it could be seen as sleazy because he knows these people will try anything to fix their situation.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    "He's testing it on paralyzed people"

    He's exploiting paralyzed people under the guise of trying to help them.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Hes experimenting on the disabled.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    I mean, at some point a treatment for the disabled has to be tested on the disabled.

    There's a lot wrong with Musk, but testing a medical device on the target patients is hardly unethical.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When some stupid high percentage of animal test subjects die from the test, you would think they'd work on the product more before moving forward. Instead they're like "welp caused paralysis and death in the majority of our animal test patients, this is totally ready for human tests!"

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    So to phrase this appropriately: you could say the apartheid blood emerald trust fund baby is experimenting with dangerous technology on disabled people because he views them as less than human. I don’t think it can be viewed any other way than sleazy. Besides it’s not like people with disabilities are so desperate they don’t care about their quality of life.

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