chop

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm. Are you asking in good faith, or to dogpile? Anyway, sure; I can explain why.

  The Gruesome - clickbait because “if it bleeds it leads.”
  Story - words like “story” are often plainly false when the article is a tiny blurb or fluff piece. Thankfully, this article is an actual story. But remember, it’s still bait.
  of How - clickbait because it asks a question it doesn’t answer, baiting the headline-reader to click.
  Neuralink’s Monkeys - oh, another Elon Musk altar. The press can’t get enough of Musk.
  Actually Died - more bleeding leading.

  Headlines can just be content, rather than a tease. This article title intentionally relays no new info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, so I was wrong. Gotcha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Clickbait headline, no tldr? That’s a downvote for me dawg.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Skyler Hornback. Great contestant!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[HN] I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potential treatments are out of reach⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  tldr: author is plainly dying, but can’t try risky new treatments because they might… harm his dying body(!?) and the poor widdle FDA might wook bad.

  We need to have a much stronger “right to try” presumption: “When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs,” we should let those patients try. I have weeks to months left; let’s try whatever there is to try, and advance medicine along the way. The “right to try” is part of fundamental freedom—and this is particularly true for palliative-stage patients without a route to a cure anyway. They are risking essentially nothing.