Episode 12 - The Terminal Man | The First Rule of Fight Seizure is "Don't Talk About Fight Seizure"

70 min • 31 januari 2022

It's the episode of 2022 and we're starting the year off with 1974's The Terminal Man, based on the Michael Crichton book of the same name. Nick and Stephen dive into the world of a patient suffering from a neurological condition so debilitating, that doctors must resort to a radical treatment that is Definitely Not deep brain stimulation. How does this movie's depiction of neuromodulation stack up to what modern neuromodulation ended up being? Tune in to find out!

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Short pop science article that describes the bull guy: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-man-who-fought-a-bull-with-mind-control

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Episode 12 - The Terminal Man | The First Rule of Fight Seizure is "Don't Talk About Fight Seizure"

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