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by tantalor 2535 days ago
The spinal cord itself is pretty limited in terms of processing power; just reflexes as far as I know. So the comparison between something basic like coax or fiber optic cable is fair.

The piece talks about transmitting 4k movies over nerve fibers. I take that to mean: if you removed the nerve from the body and use it purely as an OSI level 1 physical layer. There is no neural net. There is no processing.