• @ummthatguy
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        The inner workings of the mind are a mystery we’ve hardly scratched the surface of understanding. His basic functions remained, but his demeanor and personality dramatically shifted. Let alone his survival. His case let us know that we don’t know shit, relatively speaking.

          • @[email protected]
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            1010 months ago

            Basically everything (but the fact that a bar went through his head) was in his favor. He was young and healthy. His brilliant surgeon had actually watched a similar failed surgery once before, and so allowed drainage into Gage’s sinuses once the bar was removed. This controlled blood flow while allowing pus to drain out later.

            If you ever see anything like this, don’t pull it out - let the doctor do it!

          • @ummthatguy
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            710 months ago

            Beats me, as the odds should have readily been against him. It’s a notable case for a reason.

          • @[email protected]
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            510 months ago

            Obviously, it’s because he keep kept standing, so the head was elevated above the heart, limiting the blood flow considerably.

            That concludes my shitty fiction for the day…

      • @Agent641
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        210 months ago

        Like how an old twisted coathangar can still work fine as a radio antenna.

      • @ummthatguy
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        310 months ago

        Yeah, that one’s just tragic since it was done to her, rather than some accident. Shady “medical” practice.

        • @Duamerthrax
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          210 months ago

          They were all done to their patients. Parents did that shit to quiet up their kids. I had a semi rational fear of my own parents sending me off for some “treatment” for being too different growing up.

    • @MightyGalhupo
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      310 months ago

      Or rather the no longer phineas gage approach.

  • @[email protected]
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    This is why if AGI is eventually created, making humans happy should NOT be a directive.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      I don’t know, man… an ice pick scraping out your frontal lobe will make global warming far more tolerable.

      • Ziglin (they/them)
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        510 months ago

        And if they mess it up you don’t have to tolerate it at all!

    • Xanthrax
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  • @june
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    710 months ago

    Looking forward to getting mine at Claire’s!

  • @gndagreborn
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    BECKY, GET IN ON THIS HOT NEW TREND I FOUND ON NEXTDOOR. YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT.