He wants to cure himself of it, despite it being a big reason why he is who he is.

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Why does the celebrity CEO continue to pursue that pipe dream of his regardless of the cost, when all it has resulted in is the equivalent of a circus sideshow? What nobody seems to bring up in regard to this is the neurological disorder he has publicly admitted to having.

He wants to cure himself of it, despite it being a big reason why he is who he is.

Elon Musk

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Asperger Syndrome
Elon Musk revealed in Nov 2021 that he has Asperger’s syndrome. He may have known that his whole life, or he may have learned it relatively recently, as recognition and diagnosis of this mild form of autism have grown in recent years.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink confirms monkeys died in project, denies animal cruelty claims

Elon Musk’s implant company Neuralink, which aims to enable brains to connect and communicate with computers, has acknowledged that monkeys died as part of its testing procedures, but denies allegations of animal cruelty.

In a blog post on its website, ​Neuralink addressed the “recent articles” that have “raised questions around Neuralink’s use of research animals at the University of California, Davis Primate Center” (UC Davis) and said that “all novel medical devices and treatments must be tested in animals before they can be ethically trialed in humans.”

Macaque monkeys have been used in testing by Neuralink as the company has been developing Bluetooth-enabled implantable chips – inserted into the monkey’s brains – that ​the company says can communicate with computers via a small receiver.

In April last year, Neuralink claimed monkeys can play Pong – a computer game – using just their minds when it released a video of Pager, a male macaque, moving a cursor onscreen without using a joystick to do so.

​The company said this was achieved after the Neuralink chip fed the information from the monkey’s neurons into a decoder, which was then used to predict Pager’s intended hand movements – allowing the output from the decoder to be used to move the cursor, instead of Pager manipulating the joystick. – Source