Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain

YOU ARE GOING TO THINK I AM MAKING THIS UP BUT APPARENTLY THREE GUYS JUST WON A NOBEL PRIZE FOR BEING FRIENDS WHICH IS SO WHOLESOME BUT ALSO TERRIFYING BECAUSE THEY ARE SCIENTISTS KARL DEISSEROTH PETER HEGEMANN AND GEORG NAGEL AND THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO SWITCH BRAIN CIRCUITS ON AND OFF LIKE A LIGHT BULB, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY MAPPING MEMORIES AND FEELINGS NOW, AND THE COMMITTEE SAYS IT IS FOR OPTOGENETICS TO HELP STUFF LIKE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, BUT HONESTLY, IF THEY CAN TURN MEMORIES OFF CAN THEY TURN OFF THIS SONG BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS LITERALLY FRYING AND I DO NOT WANT ANYONE MESSING WITH MY NEURONS WHILE I AM TRYING TO DANCE, ANYWAY SOMEBODY BUY ME A SHOT FOR THAT ONE.

I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS BUT SCIENTISTS ARE LITERALLY PLAYING GOD WITH OUR HEADS RIGHT NOW, SO KARL DEISSEROTH AND HIS GERMAN COLLEAGUES PETER HEGEMANN AND GEORG NAGEL JUST WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE FOR OPTOGENETICS, WHICH IS THIS CRAZY METHOD OF CONTROLLING NEURAL CIRCUITS BEHIND SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS AND FEELINGS, AND WHILE THEY SAY IT MIGHT HELP RESTORE SIGHT AND UNDERSTAND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, WHICH IS AMAZING, IT IS ALSO A LITTLE SCARY THAT WE HAVE THE TECH TO FLIP MEMORIES LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH, SO NOW I AM WORRIED ABOUT ALL THE SECRETS WE ARE KEEPING IN OUR HEADS IF THESE DOCTORS START SNAPPING SWITCHES, ANYWAY THAT IS ALL I KNOW, GENUINELY.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize for optogenetics, a method used to study and control neural circuits to help understand brain function and treat disorders.

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