Dumb question, why do “sensitive” spots on the body need more nerves? Couldn’t you just have the normal touch-sensing nerves and map signals from specific spots on the body to stronger/pleasurable qualia in the brain?
throwaway27448•27m ago
Perhaps encoding "software" is more expensive in terms of codons? So it's cheaper/more likely to "implement" physically.
yorwba•3m ago
Having more independent samples helps filter out noise. If you had individual sensory neurons with outsized influence, then misfiring of such neurons would also have outsized influence.
Shank•14m ago
Page 7 [0] of the report seems to indicate that FGM reconstruction actually seems to have negative outcomes post-surgery. I'm surprised by this. I'm also shocked to see how prolific FGM is too (230 million women?!).
lentoutcry•1h ago
bdangubic•35m ago