Scientist wireheads a fly with boosted dopamine and forces it to doomscroll 'FlyTok'
DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-09-11
A delightfully absurd neuro experiment by mattyhempstead: wireheading a fruit fly by measuring its dopamine neurons and artificially enhancing them for maximum enjoyment, then forcing it to doomscroll a fly-customized video feed dubbed "FlyTok." Stated goal: create a fly happier than all other flies combined. Google's DynamicWebPaige quipped that in retrospect, flies were always going to be experts at Brainrot TV.
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