I saw this at Reddit:
And it immediately made me think of Garak.
Here's the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#History
I wonder if this inspired DS9 writers at all, or is just coincidence.
And it immediately made me think of Garak.
[Today I learned] of brain stimulation reward, manually stimulating specific parts of the brain to elicit pleasure and happiness. A volunteer subject in 1986 spent days doing nothing but self-stimulate. She ignored her family and personal hygiene and she developed an open sore on her finger from using the device.
Here's the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#History
I wonder if this inspired DS9 writers at all, or is just coincidence.