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Spider Robinson was also my first exposure to the term "wireheading": "God is an Iron" (Mindkiller later based on it), so I agree. Did Niven use the word "wirehead", or only the concept, calling it droud or tasp? I think the origin of word itself is important, if it's the article title and has become the common term. See corpsicle for similar concept vs. label, lol.Ukrpickaxe (talk) 14:47, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"The term is sometimes associated with science fiction writer Larry Niven, who used the term as early as the 1950s." How is that possible when Niven didn't actually start his writing career until 1964?174.19.102.156 (talk) 14:20, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. Probably a typo in the source. Most probably the author of the ref had in mind Known Space series which started in 1960s (not 50s). But it is still a question when he used it for the first time. So far I see Ringworld (1970) The Organleggers (1969). Anything earlier? Lembit Staan (talk) 18:50, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Harry's "seizures" are nothing like the seizures that most of us associate with epilepsy. They disable his higher brain function, but they do not physically disable him. During a seizure, he becomes an enraged, psychotic killing machine, and then after it's over, he has no recall of anything that happened. That's why it's considered to be a Bad Thing when the "wirehead" apparatus trains him to have more and more of them. 2600:4041:DF:9600:C057:55AD:7BBC:51B0 (talk) 23:06, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
It was proposed in this section that multiple pages be renamed and moved.
Oppose The sci-fi term article looks like a pure dictionary definition. A broader article on "Brain implants in science fiction" may be more notable, but I can't justify moving a potentially non-notable article to primary topic. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Zxcvbnm, WP:MALPLACED and the fact that the nominator either presented no pageview comparisons for evidence backup or maybe couldn't do the moves as they are an admin rather than instigating an RM?! Intrisit (talk) 18:19, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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