The success rate is not impressive and neither are the side effects. DBS at research stage is just as effective with fewer side effects because there is no wholesale destruction. Even conventional treatment has a good success rate and without these risks. This is nothing but unethical research in universities and hospitals performed by ambitious and unethical people experimenting on human beings. Add quack cash doctors exploiting desperate people and the disgusting mix is complete. Better article here: http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/13/controversial-surgery-for-addiction-burns-away-brains-pleasure-center/

Incorrect. Your assessment is based on probability. There are NBA players under 6FT. There are likely good programmers with IQ under 100. Probability is a bad way to measure individual ability. The number of talented individuals who are discouraged from pursuing a particular career path due to formal and informal probability assessments - which often include a degree of racial profiling - is significant.

I for one welcome our new interstellar overl..[KABOOM!]