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[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So here’s the thing about today’s prosthetics: they kinda suck. For example this 2022 study reports that 44% of amputees rejected their prosthetic:

Most responders complained about the comfort (60.87%, n = 14) as well as the weight of the device (52.17%, n = 12).

What apparently goes a long way is accepting the missing limb and living with it. And I guess religion does help with that.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 21 hours ago

Of course, it's all primitive dogshit, basically early 20th century sticks with fancier motors. Big deal.

We need to figure out how to regrow limbs. A stupid salamander can do it.