Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.
Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.
Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.
"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."
Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.
People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?
https://futurism.com/neoscope/terrible-things-monkeys-neuralink-implants
Let's not pretend Musk has fucking clue what's going on or the science behind it.
He isn't down in trenches making discoveries. That's just the image he presents.
He buys companies and lets the actually competent people do the work while claiming credit.
He's been doing it since PayPal.
He's not a genius, he just has enough money to get actual geniuses to work for him.
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I was astounded to read Neuralink is to be permitted to experiment on humans. Instead they should have any animal experiment licences revoked.Headline:
TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED TO MONKEYS AFTER GETTING NEURALINK IMPLANTS, ACCORDING TO VETERINARY RECORDS
What are these terrible things?
Up to a dozen monkeys suffered grisly fates after receiving a Neuralink implant, including brain swelling and partial paralysis.
First is the case of the monkey "Animal 20." In December 2019, an internal part of the brain implant being inserted into the primate "broke off" during surgery. Later that night, the monkey scratched at the implant site, drawing blood, and yanked on the implant, partially dislodging it. Follow-up surgery discovered that the wound was infected, but that the placement of the implant prevented treatment. The monkey was euthanized the next month.
Before that, a female monkey designated "Animal 15" began to press her head against the ground after receiving the brain implant, pick at the site until it bled, and eventually lost coordination, shivering when personnel entered the room. Scientists discovered she had brain bleeding, and in March 2019, she too was euthanized.
The following year, a primate called "Animal 22" was put down in March 2020 after its brain implant became so loose that the screws attaching it to the skull "could easily be lifted out," according to a necropsy report.
"The failure of this implant can be considered purely mechanical and not exacerbated by infection," the necropsy states.
As Wired notes, that statement alone seemingly contradicts Musk's claims that no monkeys directly died from Neuralink brain implants.
And so would the account of an ex-Neuralink employee, who told Wired that Musk's claims that the monkeys were already terminally ill are "ridiculous," even a "straight-up fabrication."
"We had these monkeys for a year or so before any surgery was performed," the ex-employee said.
The testimony of an anonymous scientist conducting research at CNPRC seems to corroborate the ex-employee's allegations.
"These are pretty young monkeys," they told the magazine. "It's hard to imagine these monkeys, who were not adults, were terminal for some reason."
Since they're recruiting subjects for human trials now, I suggest the CEO of this horror shop leads by example and volunteers.
I think Elmo should just volunteer himself.
Rather than admit his crappy submarine wouldn't work after an expert diver told him, he called them a pedophile.
You'd be insane to listen to a guy who publicly refuses to listen to advice
Elon has a history of lying that's as rich as he was before he bought Twitter.
He's a lying piece of shit. Full stop.
@ajsadauskas @technology I was just going to ask the Theranos/Holmes question.
@ajsadauskas @autolycos @technology Because he has the most money. Because any who should hold him accountable have their hand in his pocket. Because he has government contracts with every single one of his businesses. He is a monster created by those who are supposed to protect us from the monsters. It is not remotely possible to control him. He is the worst case scenario.
@ajsadauskas @technology
We should have stopped Dr Evil before he got his phony doctorate.That's horrible, and also confirms what I said just the other day, who would trust him putting an implant in your brain, not me, and I already have brain damage.
@ajsadauskas @technology
The only reason something happened to Deep Voice Barbie was because some Very Important People were publicly embarrassed by their association with, and gullibility of her.This is literally Ryujin Industries.
A bombastic dabbler, a monkey Mengele, not a serious scientist.
Didn't we already go through this with Whatsername and her fake blood tests?
@ajsadauskas @technology Holmes is female with less support. Musk is rich male with lots of "bros".
@ajsadauskas @technology Musk is trash.
@ajsadauskas @technology The same with #AI and #Fusion reactors, everybody know they are lying but banksters like them. They are all men fraudsters.
What I find so ironic is that from what I've seen the people who want that chip are the same people believing conspiracy theories about brain-control chips from Bill Gates and such.
God is coming
I wonder what you guys thought animal testing is about, if this is somehow surprising to you. This is just another day at the office for the people running these experiments. The issue is not "Elon doing animal testing" but animal testing in itself.
However - if you think we shouldn't do it then you should also be aware of the tradeoffs. Without this cruelty there's no modern medicine either. Also, if you complain about this but eat meat then you're a hypocrite.
@ajsadauskas @technology Reason for Holmes
She's a woman & the old boys network is only for boys