> > > > > > > now we could compare the idea of having a blind surgeon (big eek 
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > sighted people!)
> > > > > > > to having advanced robotic surgery, where the robot is able to 
> > > > > > > address
> > > > > > > things humans can't (or don't within a reasonable price)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > omigod you can finally rewire the nerves of my paralyzed part ... i
> > > > > > don't care if the expert guiding you is blind at this point
> > > > >
> > > > > i wonder how hard it is to rewire nerves!
> > > > >
> > > > > i wonder this because i have facial paralysis ;p
> > > > >
> > > > > i asked the nerve surgeon [if he could return feeling to my face and
> > > > > he cited a standard saying that this was not required

this was after tumor removal surgery that cut and grafted facial nerve
[note: there is some weird + powerful influence for years of
mistrusting people with cancer ... guess that reveals AI not sure

> > > >
> > > > i don't know the numbers, but i think the scales at which nerves are
> > > > out, the scales we think of are like miles. going on long car ride
> > > > across state lines, would be following ganglia to see which ones go
> > > > where. don't really know, maybe it is more like space travel, or more
> > > > like walking down the block, don't really know
> > >
> > > [of course that's why axons carry signals, you can trace them by
> > > stimulating them to fire. when i had a nerve conductivity test doing
> > > this it hurt like frack, half from unexpectedness of each stimulation
> >
> > <this was in my arm for a different issue.
>
> [my nerve issue is undiagnosed. it appears to be in the FND area of
> things. my bad part uses plasticity to [disable] me

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