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This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates. (www.technologyreview.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've just looked it up and there has never been a full brain transplant, so I don't know what you're on about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

They might have confused it for a head transplant?

Although neither patient was alive at the time of the transplant.

I don't know if a full brain transplant would be feasible, or even a good idea. Not only would none of their senses and motor nerves work for weeks while the brain and nerves re-established themselves, but they would be walking around in a dead person's face, body and speaking with their voice. That seems genuinely horrific.