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Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited July 2013 in A Moving Train
One neuroscientist may soon get the nickname Dr. Frankenstein after making an ambitious claim about a completely novel medical procedure that has many experts’ ‘heads spinning.’

In a recent paper in the journal Surgical Neurology International, Dr. Sergio Canevero, a member of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, asserted that it soon may be possible to conduct full human head transplants, noting that they have been done in animals for the past 40 years, Quartz reported



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:lol::lol::lol: .......... :shock:


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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Nice, i would like my next body to be Taller if possible. and Black.
  • ajedigeckoajedigecko Posts: 2,430
    Did they attempt to reattach the handy work of bobbit?
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,055
    So that's what this song is about! :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI0Tki4DL-4
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    "Then, surgeons must rapidly remove both heads at the exact same time, reconnecting the new head to the recipient’s body and circulatory system within one hour."

    I picture those Benihana chefs.

    What about the brain, the MIND? Memories?

    Anyway, it seems implausible in action...and fucking with nature.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    hedonist wrote:
    "Then, surgeons must rapidly remove both heads at the exact same time, reconnecting the new head to the recipient’s body and circulatory system within one hour."

    I picture those Benihana chefs.

    What about the brain, the MIND? Memories?

    Anyway, it seems implausible in action...and fucking with nature.

    all points agreed.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    ....every 15 years after 40 we could get new bodies and with a face lift and dentures we could live forever :lol:
    the very thought of head/body replacement sickens me not to mention it sounds like bullshit to me.

    Godfather.
  • riotgrlriotgrl Posts: 1,895
    I'm all for scientific advancement and improvement but shouldn't we respect some boundaries? Just because we can doesn't mean we should.
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • lazlobluelazloblue Posts: 738
    riotgrl wrote:
    I'm all for scientific advancement and improvement but shouldn't we respect some boundaries? Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

    I Agree. It's disturbing at best to think of what this could do to Humanity. I'm thinking zombies!!
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    what about the electrical impulses from the brain to the body ?

    Godfather.
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