Thread by @KawasakiKR11

Hey Elon,

You say your (as in Tim Hanson & Michel M. Maharbiz's) electrode causes less damage.

Then, why don't you show us evidence for your assertion?

Just a simple study of tissue damage. Nissel, TUNEL, FJ, you know, the basics.

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Be sure to include something you can use to quantify morphology of the surrounding cells.

Just do a simple time-course study, maybe a dozen time-points from 30 min to 2 yrs?

Compare to normal tissue & other implants.

Quantify them & publish.

Easy.

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You've already done some of that, right?

Otherwise, you wouldn't think of sticking your electrodes into people's brains, would you?

Can you be sure they don't cause epilepsy & such w/o long-term testing?

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While you're at it, be sure to record from them to make sure your electrodes don't fail prematurely.

After all, those electrodes are gonna stay in the brain forever.

Pretty good chance many will break when you try to pull them out, right?

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You don't want permanent implants to fail after a few wks, do you?

Like they did in your rats.

Did they get infection? What happened?

Or is it all vaporware?

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Bonus

Poor quality animation may suggest a lot of empty space in the brain. In reality, it is densely packed, as seen in the image obtained w/ electron microscope.

Just think of the size. Do you think that big needle & electrodes won't cause any damage?

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