"Generalized thing for fixing any kind of brain injury" This is so much more ambitious than Theranos. Anything you can imagine being wrong in the brain, this will fix it! Step right up! Even cures Alzheimers!
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Joe Rogan is the perfect patsy for this type of pitch, because his reaction to literally anything is "gee whiz!" You could tell him you have a car that runs on water whose emissions cure cancer and he'll just tell you how wonderful you are and when it's coming out on the market.
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There's not even any point in making technical objections to any of this because it's not at that level. This a sci fi fan turned pitchman. "Sure, everything you've ever imagined for brain implant; it'll have that. Data I/O; limb communication; fixing memory; etc."
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This could potentially be very big along the lines of Tesla: never deliver what's promised but always promise more than anyone else, then deliver roughly inline results, and so keep attracting more capital to keep churning through the process.
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And just casually promising that you can save and load brain state. Yeah, sure, no problem. "The possibilities are endless." Reminds me of Futurama w/ Cubert about what the meaning of scientist is. "No, that's what being a magical elf is all about."
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This stuff would be great for a freshman dorm conversation. But it's not fitting for what I would like to see out of major leaders. This is certainly the archetype for our future though. Elizabeth Holmes just didn't think big enough.
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Joe Rogan always likes to worry about absolute nonsense. Now he's on about worrying that language will go away because everyone will communicate through nonverbal brain implants. Yeah, that wouldn't crack my top 1000 concerns.
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From a "visionary" perspective, Musk actually has his merits. He should just be reined in by someone responsible to manage business / development / operations side and leave him with PR / goal-setting. The brain interface idea is plausible on some time scale even if unoriginal.
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Joe Rogan and Musk commiserate about how sad it is that CNN didn't appreciate Musk's wonderful gift of ventilators. This is exactly why Rogan is a perfect accomplice for anyone who wants to commit fraud of any sort, because he'd rather believe happy things than think.
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It's a general pattern which has irritated me since I was a kid: people prefer fun thoughts to putting in intellectual work. This is why people watch Ancient Aliens, for instance. Joe Rogan is the embodiment of this concept. "SHINY IDEA!!!"
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Funny that you mention that:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDUzjjjC2F8 …
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