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Comments on: Hacking for public health

Sounds like a great idea 

Posted Monday 10th March 2008 14:23 GMT

"How about being able to tune precisely how much risk a person is willing to take?"

Tune up your soldiers before sending them into combat, so they don't have all these silly selfish ideas about trying to avoid getting themselves killed?

Risk adjustment 

Posted Monday 10th March 2008 14:35 GMT

City traders was my thought. Up for the hedge fund types, down for the pension fund managers. More precise than the current system (cocaine).

How long before we hear... 

Posted Tuesday 11th March 2008 00:03 GMT

Coat

..I'm in ur brains, reading all ur impulses?

Mine's the white one with overly long sleeves and leather straps.

WTF? 

Posted Tuesday 11th March 2008 03:50 GMT

Dead Vulture

What does flu virus strain innoculation analysis have to do with artificial brain function? At all? And why do we care what the media lab does? Your saying the retards that bring us hopping alarm clocks and talking houses are going to knock out the first true artificial intelligence? This article is the worst I've ever seen on the Reg I think.

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