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Notice it doesn't say the first "successful" human head transplant.
by mei0Iesh 11y ago
Notice it doesn't say the first "successful" human head transplant.
- jkot 11y agoThat is implied, otherwise first 'head transplant' would be done centuries ago by some dr Frankenstein.
- pmiller2 11y agoThis procedure has been done on monkeys in the 70's. It might not give this man any control over his new body, but at least he won't suffocate to death from spinal muscular atrophy.
- kazinator 11y agoLots of such qualifying details are not uttered, because they are assumed according to certain maxims which govern constructive conversation among rational people.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoWhere can I find these maxims written down?
- pcl 11y agoThe Hippocratic Oath is probably a good starting point, given that the guy asking for the money is a surgeon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
- jsprogrammer 11y agoI didn't realize some still consider logic based on Greek gods.
- Impl0x 11y agoYou'd be happy, then, to note the modernized version also included in the article.
- kazinator 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle