Agreed. The divorce rate of married people who get these government regulatory approved BCI interfaces is also extremely high. There are also other extremely severe problems that such interfaces cause.
EDIT: To the downvoters, it’s true, and there are other severe issues with these implants. Have a read, since many of you are laymen:
Don’t act like you can’t compare a group of married people suffering from the condition that doesn’t get the implant and a group of married people with the condition that do get the implants. Did you honestly think they were drawing the conclusion simply from comparing the rate of divorce of individuals with the condition to groups without the condition? It sounds like you basically just concluded the other side knows nothing about science because they mentioned divorce rate in a negative light, when you were lacking core details of their study
It is believed that a lot of this is due to a shift in identity. Look at the examples of this used in people with epilepsy (medically stable for years, that has not progressed) for example. The divorce rates are similar with other users of regulatory approved BCIs.
A local publication had one of the best first person accounts of TBI and the resulting rehab I’ve ever read and I always think about this whenever the subject comes up.
> The divorce rate of married people who get these government regulatory approved BCI interfaces is also extremely high.
Divorce rates spike after diangosis of and successful treatment/recovery for/from all kinds of chronic health issues, as they do for all kinds of major life changes. Disruption in living patterns changes the context and patterns of relationships.
Don’t act like you can’t compare a group of married people suffering from the condition that doesn’t get the implant and a group of married people with the condition that do get the implants. Did you honestly think they were drawing the conclusion simply from comparing the rate of divorce of individuals with the condition to groups without the condition? It sounds like you basically just concluded the other side knows nothing about science because they mentioned divorce rate in a negative light, when you were lacking core details of their study
Leggett’s identity changed again once the device was gone. Now she knew great loss, but she also knew things that had been impossible to understand before the device. Like many people with epilepsy, she had often found herself fuzzy for a considerable amount of time after a seizure. That state made it very difficult to notice the signs that preceded seizures which could act as a natural warning light. These days, when she gets a funny, flip-floppy feeling inside, she takes anti-seizure medication. She’s not always sure. Sometimes she gets her husband to weigh in. He says, “Go with your first instinct,” and usually she takes a pill. She is now seizure-free.
EDIT: To the downvoters, it’s true, and there are other severe issues with these implants. Have a read, since many of you are laymen:
1. Audio Narrated Version of New Yorker Article: https://share.audm.com/share/newyorker/mind-machines-kenneal...
2. New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/do-brain-impla...