> > > > > 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 > > > > 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.
