snorkbubs@fedia.iotoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted
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1 year agoNeuralink said in a blog post that it was looking for people who had paralysis in all four limbs because of a spinal-cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, these people are willing to take a risk in order to overcome difficult conditions, and that should be allowed. On the other hand, it feels like Neuralink is preying on their hopes.
If the company figurehead wasn’t a libertarian billionaire edgelord, I might look past that second hand. No chance of that, though. He’s going to kill people, and then he’s going to retweet memes about it.
They only killed a small percentage of the people who purchased them. Please, think of the innocent shareholders.
ETA: Look at the downvotes on this new post. The one on my comment arrived instantly. Not normal on this site.