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Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a "Fitbit in your skull." The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink's bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject's head or that the chip could overheat.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tf is my skull gonna do with a fitbit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's useful for keeping track of your mental gymnastics.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Think about how dumb the average person is. Now, realize that half of them are dumber than that."

- George Carlin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

*the median person

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This timeline sucks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just wait until everyone's required to get one of these as a condition of employment for most jobs. By the time enough people get pissed off enough about it to try to do something, it'll be too late.

Drug free workplace act? That's old news how about a free will-free workplace.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh ffs no near timeline is going to require literal brain surgery for a condition of employment. Why the hell would they want you to be able to look at porn while you work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is some anti-vax level bullshit.