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On 2016-07-10 22:14, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
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simplicity has led to a fair number of amateurs
experimenting, causing concerns among the researchers in the
field. anders</span><br
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Then
there was the guy who took an actual Black and Decker drill
and put a hole in his cranium. I forgot what for (but I'll
bet Spike can think of some dillies). Yes, he survived. Be
careful what you show the public, eh?</span></div>
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I personally know a lady who did it. At the time she was leading
the Trepanation Party, arguing the national health service should
cover it since having brains pulsate freely is good and enhancing.
She is doing fine and is today a respected part of the establishment
as a somewhat eccentric noblewoman (this is why I love the UK).<br>
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When I took my medical engineering courses the teacher was a
emergency surgeon, who delighted in telling us gruesome things about
what to do in a *real* emergency. The running joke was epidural vs.
subdural hematomas, and the entire lecture hall responded by
chanting "Black and Decker! Wroom wroom!" doing drilling gestures.
(*Proper* trepanation and craniotomy uses a cut-off so that the
drill stops once you are through the bone.)<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Or my
wife, who as Safety Director for a play, got a drill and
tried to put a hole in her jeans. Of course it wound up
like crazy, caused her to fall and break her ankle. No, she
continued as Safety Director, walking around on her
crutches.</span></div>
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Presumably she took the job seriously after the accident? Sometimes
it can be quite helpful. <br>
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Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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