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Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @MIT @techreview

Jul 17, 2019, 6 tweets

omfg, neuralink give exclusive to new yorkt imes who calls it "baby steps" . 1,500 neurons in a rat.
nytimes.com/2019/07/16/tec…

“We want this burden of stealth mode off of us so that we can keep building and do things like normal people, such as publish papers,” said Max Hodak, Neuralink’s president and one of the company’s founders.

Definitely, if its academic science

reviewing my predictions from earlier
sewing machine😀
ultra fine flexible electrodes😀
1,000 neurons 😇 (pretty close to 1,500)
monkey 👺 (no, rats. but suspecting they done monkeys)

haha

according to bloomberg, neuralink is "ready for brain surgery" preregister @neuralink bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"ready for patients" says bloomberg. no, this is ready for human "volunteers" but not patients, because it doesnt do anything i.e. some people getting brain surgery for some other reason may consent to let Neurlalink play with mind.

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