Comments on: Johns Hopkins surgeons implant first brain ‘pacemaker’ for Alzheimer’s disease in US

By: NakedApe

NakedApe — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:58:08 +0000

Ray is undoubtedly a very smart man, however wanting to live forever (or indefinitely) may be clouding his intelligence through wishful thinking. I’d love it if his predictions came true and we entered a wonderful new era of human scientific progress but I will only believe it when I see it.

By: janet cook

janet cook — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:32:35 +0000

I am unable to walk because of a nelurological problem( I do not have Ms) All of the tests sshow no nerve damage. The message from my brain to my legs get lost somewhere. Oh how I pray somehow this coould possibly help me.

By: Whittaker

Whittaker — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:51:42 +0000

Well, that is the only way to put a pacemaker in someone’s brain.

By: Cybernettr

Cybernettr — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:47:08 +0000

I’m glad to see they’re doing some research into Alzheimer’s. Over the past 20 years it seems all you hear about is funding for AIDS research (mainly for political reasons), but Alzheimer’s will ultimately affect far more people, and it’s far less avoidable than AIDS as well

By: GatorALLin

GatorALLin — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:56:19 +0000

we will look back on this idea of drilling holes in skulls as barbaric …. glad they are still coming up with creative ideas however.

By: Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:35:18 +0000

“It seems like none of the people making these long-term plans are reading Ray’s books.”

Yeah. That, or they’re scared that a public acknowledgement of the Singularity will make them ideal candidates for Deep Brain Stimulation.

By: Conrad Green

Conrad Green — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:57:50 +0000

5 yrs too late for my grandma rip

By: Gorden Russell

Gorden Russell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:30:38 +0000

Damn, just as soon as I posted this comment, the Snorg Tees ad disappeared and was replaced by the Wartune ad. The real girls are more stimulating than the cartoon girl.

By: Gorden Russell

Gorden Russell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:28:17 +0000

It seems like none of the people making these long-term plans are reading Ray’s books.

“By 2050, the number of people age 65 and older with Alzheimer’s disease may triple, experts say, from 5.2 million to a projected 11 million to 16 million, unless effective treatments are found.”

By then we will be well into the Sing and will all have nanocomputers, not only in the hippocampus, but throughout our bodies. We’ll be able to back up the contents of our brains to our household robots as well.

And besides, I don’t think that I’ll need these deep brain stimulators as long as the models in the Snorg Tees ads have such cute expressions on their faces. Those young ladies are all the stimulation my old brain needs.