Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body.

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


Crikey.

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.

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.

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/

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/

Well, it may start out like that, but who's to say it won't end up like this?

[Laird]

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.

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.

[Laird]

Maybe the animals are being killed for ham and bacon.

That wouldn't change my reaction.

[Laird]

Maybe the animals are being killed for ham and bacon.

That wouldn't change my reaction.

Mmm, bacon?

I don't see any valid need for this "technology", and the fact that animals are being killed to develop it is unconscionable.

+1000