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Elon Musk says no primates died as a result of Neuralink’s implants. A WIRED investigation now reveals the grisly specifics of their deaths as US authorities have been asked to investigate Musk’s claims.

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[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemdro.id 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Animal 15 began to lose coordination, and staff observed that she would shake uncontrollably when she saw lab workers

Jesus fucking christ. That isn't losing coordination. That is being terrified of these people for what they did to her.

she would often lie at the foot of her cage and spend time holding hands with her roommate.

She knew she was fucked and was getting comfort from those closest.

I'm getting High Evolutionary from Guardians of the Galaxy 2 vibes here. These animals acted like his experiments.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or the movie was based on real life. Animals aren't as dumb as we pretend. Other mammals are just that: mammals. The same as us. Mammals have the same feelings as us, the same emotions, the same fundamental chemical reactions, the same socialization. We just have big brains and written language to amplify basic mammalian traits.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I'll be downvoted to hell for this comment but... no. Not all mammals are like us, they don't have the same feelings as us, they don't have the same emotions and definitely not the same fundamental chemical reactions (whatever the hell that is supposed to be anyways).

Just to be clear: Elon Musk is a sociopathic scammer, he doesn't give a shit if living beings (or just plainly people) suffer or not and as far as I'm concerned he can go to hell where the devil will shove a pineapple up his ass every day for the shit he's caused so far.

However, that doesn't mean that animals are the same like us. I'm not claiming were better, I'm not claiming they deserve to suffer because they're different, just trying to say that even chimps are already very different from us, hell, even within humans we have a wide range: look at Elon. I think it's fair to say that he works quite different from most other humans, quite different from you and I. Monkeys, apes, and especially "mammals" as a group work VERY different from us

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Real "Insects can't feel pain" energy. Le reddit "I'm going to get downvoted for this" doesn't make your take any less horrible.

[–] SwedishFool@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bro you're kidding me right? He's saying straight out that this is horrible and Elon is a sociopath, he's not defending this but rather calling it out for being fucking awful. Him saying that our brains and their brains don't work the exact same isn't him defending it but rather calling out false information. Different parts have different sizes and limits specific functions that they haven't evolved to have, just how a few days ago we had a post here about how baboons were flinging around the dead fetus from a stillbirth and they couldn't go in and take care of it because the risks involved. Their brains just aren't as developed as ours, but that doesn't mean this is acceptable behavior. It's fucking deplorable and needs to be outright forbidden.

This is shit straight out of a horror film! But don't use lies to make it seem worse, that just makes you look shallow, that you can't relate to an animal if it's wired slightly different than you.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging by their response I would say that my judgement call was spot on.

[–] SwedishFool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, absolutely not. You're as wrong as you could be. He never responded after his first comment, check the authors. You had your argument with an entirely different 3rd person.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Actually no, you misunderstood what I said.

Animals can suffer similarly like us, I'm simply saying they are not EXACTLY the same like us like OP was saying. OP claims that all mammals function exactly the same which biologically simply isn't true. Even within humans we see so much diversity in how brains work, do you really want to say that a rats brain works exactly the same as yours?

Again, doesn't mean they can't or should suffer. Elon is a monster and should be in jail