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Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 22:00:subx wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 21:50:Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 15:43:Ok, you're comparing hot wiring a car to wiring up a city.
Point in fact I meant if they can make BMI technology which requires brain implants and all kinds of other corresponding high-tech equipment required for it than it's cuckoo bananas they can't just patch a spinal cord instead.
Today's neurosurgery is a bit like trying to fix a computer with a hammer. Somehow stimulating the body to do repairs for us is the only way it's going to happen in the vaguely near future.
Nah. They're getting better at stem cell biomatrixes. The biomatrix is what tells the stem cells what to do/become. They've been successfully regrowing teeth in pigs for a few years now and reckon it may come to market inside a decade. No more false teeth or implants. I've actually never really looked into why it's so difficult to repair a damaged spinal cord. I'll have to take a look see. You'd thinkl it would be one of the easier things to do. Why not just cut some out of a cadaver and patch it in? Like splicing a wire.
subx wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 22:33:Well then your brother would have to agree that teeth grown in a pig are the same as a spine and/or cadaver spines are jumper cables for spinal cord injuries.Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 22:00:I should maybe mention that my point of view is heavily influenced by my brother, who's a neurosurgeon, who also has a degree in physics, and a PhD based on neuron regrowth.
Nah.
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Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 22:00:I should maybe mention that my point of view is heavily influenced by my brother, who's a neurosurgeon, who also has a degree in physics, and a PhD based on neuron regrowth.
Nah.
subx wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 21:50:Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 15:43:Ok, you're comparing hot wiring a car to wiring up a city.
Point in fact I meant if they can make BMI technology which requires brain implants and all kinds of other corresponding high-tech equipment required for it than it's cuckoo bananas they can't just patch a spinal cord instead.
Today's neurosurgery is a bit like trying to fix a computer with a hammer. Somehow stimulating the body to do repairs for us is the only way it's going to happen in the vaguely near future.
Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 15:43:Ok, you're comparing hot wiring a car to wiring up a city.
Point in fact I meant if they can make BMI technology which requires brain implants and all kinds of other corresponding high-tech equipment required for it than it's cuckoo bananas they can't just patch a spinal cord instead.
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 13:19:
Not to put a damper on the Space race but the Apollo rocket was just a combination of things that we'd already accomplished.
I like to think of it as a submarine with a rocket attached to it. We could already send a nuke anywhere around the world along with submarines that could stay submerged for weeks. Slap the two together and go out in the ocean of space.
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 13:19:
The human body is far more complex than any of the above.
jdreyer wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:51:subx wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:43:I would not say that one is more complex than the other. The Apollo rocket was the most complex machine ever built. During the space race we were spending 5% of our GDP on that project. We might have solved spinal injuries if we'd put that kind of money into it.Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:09:You’re comparing apples with orange super computers, the level of complexity of the two tasks is several orders of magnitude different.
I find it utterly amazing that we can put man on the moon but can't repair a spinal cord
jdreyer wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:51:Not to put a damper on the Space race but the Apollo rocket was just a combination of things that we'd already accomplished.
I would not say that one is more complex than the other. The Apollo rocket was the most complex machine ever built. During the space race we were spending 5% of our GDP on that project. We might have solved spinal injuries if we'd put that kind of money into it.
subx wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:43:I would not say that one is more complex than the other. The Apollo rocket was the most complex machine ever built. During the space race we were spending 5% of our GDP on that project. We might have solved spinal injuries if we'd put that kind of money into it.Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:09:You’re comparing apples with orange super computers, the level of complexity of the two tasks is several orders of magnitude different.
I find it utterly amazing that we can put man on the moon but can't repair a spinal cord
Beamer wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:03:IIRC, Cain caught the virus at the Trump rally. Sad.
Two anti-mask, pro-"hoax" activists passed from COVID-19 this week. Herman Cain and the founder of Turning Point USA.
No death is meaningless, but I hope theirs are more meaningful than most and help convince people that this isn't a hoax, and that masks aren't an overreaction.
Cutter wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:09:You’re comparing apples with orange super computers, the level of complexity of the two tasks is several orders of magnitude different.
I find it utterly amazing that we can put man on the moon but can't repair a spinal cord
Beamer wrote on Jul 30, 2020, 12:03:The tRump Virus is doing Darwin's work while administering its cruel IQ Test.
Two anti-mask, pro-"hoax" activists passed from COVID-19 this week. Herman Cain and the founder of Turning Point USA.
No death is meaningless, but I hope theirs are more meaningful than most and help convince people that this isn't a hoax, and that masks aren't an overreaction.