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Actually... A few years back, I went to a health expo at the local hospital. They had a trainer machine for microsurgery, with little controls and two little manipulators. The task was to try to tie a tiny knot.
Well, most of the people were old ladies and did not get very far, and I could not even figure out how to start. But a young boy sat down and zwip, knot tied.
And that is when the surgeon explaining the machine took the kid and his grandma aside, and started explaining how he might have a future in microsurgery....
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at Sat Nov 13 22:03:31 2021 (sF8WE)
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