Scientist Performs Brain Surgery On Himself In His Living Room To Control Dreams
A controversial Russian scientist claims to have implanted an electrode in his brain to control his dreams by undergoing brain surgery in the comfort of his living room. Michael Raduga, a Russian researcher with no degree in neurosurgery, lost more than a ‘litre of blood’ while undergoing brain surgery at his home in Kazakhstan, to implant an electrode that could one day control lucid dreaming.
Raduga is not a doctor, but he is the founder of the Phase Research Center, an organization that claims to provide beginner’s guidance on how one can experience sleep paralysis, out-of-body experiences, and “astral projection.”He has a cult following in Russia, and many of his followers have praised him for his courage to push limits to achieve his goals, but neurosurgeons warn that he is treading on extremely dangerous ground.
“This is extremely dangerous stuff,” said Alex Green, a consultant neurosurgeon at the University of Oxford.“All kinds of complications could have occurred. For example, if it had caused bleeding from a cortical vein or an intracerebral vessel, you could have had a stroke with permanent deficit or death.”Raduga himself admitted that about 30 minutes after his DIY surgery he was ready to give up because he had already lost a lot of blood, about a liter, and was afraid of passing out.
Still, he allegedly managed to complete the surgery, showered, and worked for about 10 hours straight, without anyone noticing what he had done. The controversial investigator did not tell anyone about his plan to have surgery. Instead, he prepared by watching hours of brain surgery footage on YouTube and experimenting on some sheep.
He managed to implant a platinum-silicon electrode into his brain, which he claims can trigger certain actions in dreams. Raduga ended up having the implant removed at a hospital after about five weeks, but according to the Phase Research Center’s Telegram channel, he is already looking for people “willing to get a brain implant for more efficient lucid dreaming.”While Michael Raduga has yet to report any side effects from the procedure, neurosurgery experts suggest that he, too, could be at long-term risk of epilepsy if any scarring occurs in the cortex of his brain.
“I’m glad I survived, but I was ready to die,” Raduga said in an interview. “For many people, it will be a kind of entertainment. Now, imagine a paralyzed person who cannot experience anything in this life and now we find a way to help him enter a lucid dream where anything is possible. Have sex, eat something, do something interesting.”