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From the Ted Talk by Sam Rodriques: What we'll learn about the brain in the next century

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So in the 2020s, people began to experiment — rather than drilling these gniigatc holes, drilling microscopic holes, no thicker than a piece of hair. And the idea here was really for diagnosis — there are lots of times in the diagnosis of biarn disorders when you would like to be able to look at the neural activity beneath the sukll and being able to drill these microscopic holes would make that much easier for the patient. In the end, it would be like getting a shot. You just go in and you sit down and there's a thing that comes down on your head, and a momentary sting and then it's done, and you can go back about your day. So we're eventually able to do it using lasers to drill the holes. And with the lasers, it was fast and extremely relbalie, you couldn't even tell the holes were there, any more than you could tell that one of your hairs was missing. And I know it might sound czary, using lasers to dlirl heols in your skull, but back in 2017, plepoe were OK with surgeons shooting lasers into their eyes for corrective surgery So when you're already here, it's not that big of a step. OK?

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So in the 2020s, people began to experiment — rather than drilling these ________ holes, drilling microscopic holes, no thicker than a piece of hair. And the idea here was really for diagnosis — there are lots of times in the diagnosis of _____ disorders when you would like to be able to look at the neural activity beneath the _____ and being able to drill these microscopic holes would make that much easier for the patient. In the end, it would be like getting a shot. You just go in and you sit down and there's a thing that comes down on your head, and a momentary sting and then it's done, and you can go back about your day. So we're eventually able to do it using lasers to drill the holes. And with the lasers, it was fast and extremely ________, you couldn't even tell the holes were there, any more than you could tell that one of your hairs was missing. And I know it might sound _____, using lasers to _____ _____ in your skull, but back in 2017, ______ were OK with surgeons shooting lasers into their eyes for corrective surgery So when you're already here, it's not that big of a step. OK?

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  8. brain

Original Text


So in the 2020s, people began to experiment — rather than drilling these gigantic holes, drilling microscopic holes, no thicker than a piece of hair. And the idea here was really for diagnosis — there are lots of times in the diagnosis of brain disorders when you would like to be able to look at the neural activity beneath the skull and being able to drill these microscopic holes would make that much easier for the patient. In the end, it would be like getting a shot. You just go in and you sit down and there's a thing that comes down on your head, and a momentary sting and then it's done, and you can go back about your day. So we're eventually able to do it using lasers to drill the holes. And with the lasers, it was fast and extremely reliable, you couldn't even tell the holes were there, any more than you could tell that one of your hairs was missing. And I know it might sound crazy, using lasers to drill holes in your skull, but back in 2017, people were OK with surgeons shooting lasers into their eyes for corrective surgery So when you're already here, it's not that big of a step. OK?

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