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This is absolutely crazy cool. Perhaps modern surgical interventions will only progress one crazy risk taker at a time. Reminds me of Werner Forssman and catheterization! An example where overly cautious ethics killed so many people before a brave self-experimenter saved so many lives.

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Certainly a unique experiment, however behind the scenes things were let down by poor experimental procedures, minimal experiment designs, outrageously inaccurate data analysis, and poor recording equipment.

Yup, it's unfortunate that he took this kind of risk without having his t's crossed and i's dotted. The experiment could have been much more informative.

My personal big disappointment was seeing objectively false claims being made at the society for neuroscience conference. It made it clear to me that the work was not being done in good faith.

I'm not sure how much he actually accomplished, though. His experiment ultimately had to end prematurely, and his technology isn't be developed. In fact the mainstream is going in a more non-invasive route that could potentially be about as effective. I love the spirit of it, but honestly it is a crazy risk to take and as a researcher his brain is probably more valuable undamaged than as a research subject.

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