NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 January 2013 10:25:30PM *  0 points [-]

The sexy project would be to figure out how to undo the effects of lead on people years after they'd been exposed as children. I think succeeding at this would wonderful, but I wouldn't put off cleaning up lead in the environment in the meanwhile.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 January 2013 10:36:17PM 1 point [-]

That'd be beyond "sexy"; the effects of lead poisoning on the central nervous system are generally considered irreversible. I daresay anything that could repair that sort of brain damage would have a whole host of other applications...