A new brain implant automatically detects and kills pain in real time

Re:A new brain implant automatically detects and kills pain ... by cglong on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:39PM (#27753937)

This reminds me of an episode of Black Mirror. The teenager has an implant that causes stressors to be blurred out, preventing anxiety.

<spoilers> During a fight, she starts hitting her mom and, because of the involved stress, she's unable to see the physical damage she's causing, ultimately murdering her. </spoilers>

If this was implemented broadly, it'd very quickly lead to reckless/dangerous behavior.

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Re:A new brain implant automatically detects and kills pain ... by aaronAgain on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:36PM (#27755709)

Please don't conflate pain relief with impossible-to-avoid-murdering-your-mother-when-you-feel-better syndrome. /s

Seriously, if I wasn't in as much pain as I am in then I would be out hugging people. Not hiding in my house, sitting on my hands to numb them and so I avoid touching a mouse for fear of searing pain for several days.

I promise I won't lead a (further) reckless life just because my idiopathic pain of 20 years is gone.

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Re:A new brain implant automatically detects and kills pain ... by canada_dry on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:09PM (#27754273)

Eliminating pain != eliminating stress

Though more broadly your point is likely correct that it will change some people's behaviour to do dangerous/stupid things because there's no negative feedback.

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