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Message no. 1
From: Rob Davies <Rob.Davies@**.CF.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: psychosis
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 14:22:05 +0100
[] > Does your cyberlimb itch? Then you've gone too far.
[]
[] Unlikely, as that would mean people who've lost an arm or leg nowadays
[] would suffer from cyberpsychosis as well, since many of them sometimes
[] feel their missing limb itching.
[]
I thought current prosthetics only gave very limited feedback (if any),
and certainly don't interface with severed nerve endings. That might
explain why psychosis is not a problem today.

Just a thought.

[] Imagine how a cyberlimb, which can do a lot more
[] than today's rather crude artificial limbs, would help them.
[]
Alternatively... think how prone 2050's cybered are to delusion.
Particularly with the agressive advertising aimed at them by
manufacturers. "All stunts in this show were sponsored by
Mashura Inc, the professionals choice in pain-editing cyberware"

Rob.
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Message no. 2
From: Kristling the Weird <kristling@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: psychosis
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:04:38 -0400
Rob Davies wrote:
> [] > Does your cyberlimb itch? Then you've gone too far.
> []
> [] Unlikely, as that would mean people who've lost an arm or leg nowadays
> [] would suffer from cyberpsychosis as well, since many of them sometimes
> [] feel their missing limb itching.
> []
> I thought current prosthetics only gave very limited feedback (if any),
> and certainly don't interface with severed nerve endings. That might
> explain why psychosis is not a problem today.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> [] Imagine how a cyberlimb, which can do a lot more
> [] than today's rather crude artificial limbs, would help them.
> []
> Alternatively... think how prone 2050's cybered are to delusion.
> Particularly with the agressive advertising aimed at them by
> manufacturers. "All stunts in this show were sponsored by
> Mashura Inc, the professionals choice in pain-editing cyberware"

Yeah, especially sence this is the same media that makes spellcasting
look easy and painless.

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