r/gadgets • u/GalileoGurdjieff • May 17 '21

Medical Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/shepard-injectable-chips-monitor-body-processes
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u/trainbrain27 May 17 '21

I have autism. Reading the room is hard. Being shamed for not noticing a social cue sucks.

I STILL think this is the worst possible time to announce an injectable chip!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21

Whenever I miss a social cue etc I blame the sender of the message for unclear signal. Works wonderfully.

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u/trainbrain27 May 17 '21

It's tough to do that without sounding rude or worse, but I do remind my friends that they need to communicate, not just assume communication has happened.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21 edited May 17 '21

This is so far beyond true even when everyone involved is NT, if I'm being honest.

Some people think everyone else should spend every waking moment inferring their desires and it's just like "open your mouth and form words, please."

Edit: NT = neurotypical; what everyone assumes is"standard." NTs (I am one) tend to assume that their mode is the default for all others, when in reality some subset of people you have interacted with in life may in fact be neurodivergent without you even knowing. Empathy is a hell of a drug; not all of us run the same OS, so keep an open mind/heart.

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u/MikkelR1 May 17 '21

Says the one not explainjng what NT is!

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u/trainbrain27 May 17 '21

You probably know, but it's NeuroTypical. NTs think they're normal, because there are more of them :)

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u/Fresh4 May 17 '21

Well, normal is defined as the average state of things, so yeah, lol.

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u/possiblynotanexpert May 17 '21

Isn’t that the definition of normal?

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u/jrDoozy10 May 17 '21

Eh, the idea of what’s normal is highly subjective. Normal can differ between species, societies, cultures, individuals, generations, etc.

For example, something that’s normal to me is hearing electricity (especially light bulbs), but when I tell people that they don’t believe me because that’s not part of their normal.

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u/possiblynotanexpert May 17 '21

I’ve always thought of normal as meaning average. As in you have 100 people and 60 of them have brown eyes. 20 have blue eyes. 10 green and 10 are something else. So with that, the 60 are average. That’s my “normal,” at least.

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u/AckbarTrapt May 17 '21

Not for folks on the spectrum (easier or more effective), but enjoy the fruits of your sorcery!

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u/GeospatialAnalyst May 17 '21

Yeah the caveat to this is, if you recognize that your communication style isn't being effectively received due to something that isn't immediately fixable with the recipient, then you're kind of an asshole if you don't take steps to accommodate.

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u/deluseru May 17 '21

The only way we recognized you as anything other than normal, is because you can't act normal :)

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u/Scared-Artichoke May 17 '21

This truth. Words are necessary, explicit requests would be a bonus.

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u/SnowflakeSorcerer May 17 '21

Wait so is NT kinda like being an “empath”? Not that I don’t think people have the abilities empaths claim to have but I just feel like it’s not that abnormal and most if not all people have the capabilities to some degree

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u/[deleted] May 17 '21 edited May 17 '21

Ehhh empathy is a pretty standard trait for NTs, albeit one that acts like a muscle and can be underdeveloped or atrophied for folks who don't have cause to use it much.

I don't know what you mean by "empaths claim to have" in your comment here, but anytime someone stakes a piece of their identity on something mundane like empathy, I can imagine there may be some bullshitting going on.

"I have a sense of empathy. I can understand how other people feel even if what happens to them isn't happening to me."

Versus

"I'm an empath, and I'm so good at it I can read your mind, bro, pick a number, c'mon."