Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43928318


Crikey.
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(2018-04-28, 05:14 AM)malf Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43928318


Crikey.

The BBC being what it is, I got more than halfway through that article before I realised they weren't proposing to revive the isolated brains of dead people in the lab.
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(2018-04-28, 07:49 AM)Chris Wrote: The BBC being what it is, I got more than halfway through that article before I realised they weren't proposing to revive the isolated brains of dead people in the lab.

That idea is discussed, at least in a hypothetical sense of its ethical implications, in the linked MIT article.
Quote:For instance, if a person’s brain were reanimated outside the body, would that person awake in what would amount to the ultimate sensory deprivation chamber, without ears, eyes, or a way to communicate? Would someone retain memories, an identity, or legal rights? Could researchers ethically dissect or dispose of such a brain?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61100...-body/amp/
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(2018-04-28, 08:00 AM)Typoz Wrote: That idea is discussed, at least in a hypothetical sense of its ethical implications, in the linked MIT article.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61100...-body/amp/
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Well, it may start out like that, but who's to say it won't end up like this?

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(2018-04-28, 05:14 AM)malf Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43928318


Crikey.

I don't see any valid need for this "technology", and the fact that animals are being killed to develop it is unconscionable.
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(2018-04-28, 02:04 PM)Laird Wrote: I don't see any valid need for this "technology", and the fact that animals are being killed to develop it is unconscionable.

Maybe the animals are being killed for ham and bacon.
(2018-04-28, 03:14 PM)Typoz Wrote: Maybe the animals are being killed for ham and bacon.

That wouldn't change my reaction.
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(2018-04-28, 03:14 PM)Typoz Wrote: Maybe the animals are being killed for ham and bacon.

(2018-04-28, 03:21 PM)Laird Wrote: That wouldn't change my reaction.

Mmm, bacon?
(2018-04-28, 02:04 PM)Laird Wrote: I don't see any valid need for this "technology", and the fact that animals are being killed to develop it is unconscionable.


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