Not sure why this article made it to front page, but fwiw, I used to work as a research engineer in a role where using a confocal microscope in clinical trial settings was a regular part of my job. AMA :D
Meta: I submitted it ~2 months ago because I ran into the topic for work reasons. I found the connection to Minsky reason enough since I didn't know that, and also the technology itself is of course very cool and probably not well known outside the relevant fields. The post did not get a lot of attention, but a couple of days ago I got what I think is my first offer to re-post from the admins, and since I still found…
> it seems people are more inclined to question submissions' topicality these days, which I find a bit stressful
I think it's OK when people question a topic and the answer expands their minds.