The First Brain Transplant

Robert J. White
Neurosurgeon
Cleveland Medical Hospital
Ohio

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Science & Technology

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• brain transplant
• head body transplant Neurosurgeon Cleveland Medical Hospital
• Robert White

[MrSacrafice]

@Foodfast123 To people that say they don't want animals to suffer, the natural cycle is kill or be killed through natural evolution of being the weaker species we got bigger and badder by being smarter have pride in your Human Race we overcame the odds. We do this to improve our chance of surivival and knowledge. If the monkey was in our place it would do the same thing

[a1d516ac5f5d290]

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[viniciusb]

@kylecrs No if you are Stephen Hawking.

[viniciusb]

@MrSacrafice To kill and to torture are very different concepts. One could argue that the benefit of this type of experiment outweighs the damage it causes. The truth is if you are concerned about animals well-being, you should look no further than the cosmetic industry, where they torture animals in the process of unnecessarily testing their products, pet products, for the same reason, and the most of the food we eat.

[kylecrs]

Just my opinion but this is the stuff that nightmares are made of. What if you woke up in someone elses body? It would be like a scene from a sick horror movie i think.

[paradigmentropy]

@24199312 Technically the cells of your body are constantly proliferating and undergoing apoptosis (cellular suicide, basically) - so it would be pretty tough to draw a concrete distinction of personhood that isn't arbitrary. That's really the fundamental reason we can't all agree with whether abortion should be legal or not, it's a question of whether or not the fetus has achieves personhood at conception, birth, or somewhere inbetween.

[waxonful]

Robert J Wright was the first neurosurgeon that ever transplanted the full of 1 monkey into another. wow !

[earlajune]

dude im scared.

[chineolee]

@24199312 - There's no simple answer I don't think. Individuals are unique because of their experiences, memories and thoughts, and these all exist in the brain. However our actual body (below the kneck) is hugely important in defining who we are; it's the physical form we're used to, so any fundamental change to our body afftects our sense of self. Then there is the issue of whether you believe in a soul.. .

[24199312]

I have a question O.o if your brain will be on another's person body then wo will be alive you or the another person :|

[chineolee]

@lifemetall - I can understand why you have a problem with this. If a living brain could be removed from a subject and then kept alive, say in a jar, without causing brain damage, and it were to remain conscious, what kind of nightmarish existence would that be? Without any way to interact with the world, the disembodied brain would have no external stimuli, its experience would be totally internalised, it would be a living hell.