Worm's brain mapped and replicated digitally to control obstacle-avoiding robot.

Worm’s brain mapped and replicated digitally to control obstacle-avoiding robot.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They were actually pretty grateful, feeling it had set them up for a lot of positive realizations down the line. We play D&D now and they’re working on their masters, so I guess they weren’t too badly scarred…

    • canEnglish
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      2 months ago

      How old were they at the time and how did the subject come up?

      • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Not very satisfying answers I’m afraid, they were probably 8-10 and I have no idea how we got onto the topic since this was 15+ years ago.

        • canEnglish
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          2 months ago

          But why are you proud? Or was that more tongue-in-cheek?

          • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I get the impression you don’t think this was a good thing to have done, hence the interrogation?

            • canEnglish
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              2 months ago

              I wouldn’t intentionally give a childhood a existential crisis, no, but I’m sure I could inadvertently. Didn’t mean it to feel like an interrogation, sorry. Was just curious.