Originally Posted by
slgrieb
The fact that researchers were able to grow new neural connections in severed spines is truly stunning. Here's hoping we don't wipe ourselves out in the next couple of hundred years! Look at the things I've seen in my life: The first nuclear weapon was exploded less than 7 years before I was born, and I've seen the first satellite launch, the first humans in orbit and on the moon, robotic probes to most of the planets, and so much more. Sometimes I feel like I've been around for all of the most significant events in human history except the invention of fire, agriculture, and writing.