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From the article: (Technically, the surgery would be a body transplant, since the acquisition of a new body is what saves the patient’s life. Then again, the h
by justinpombrio 10y ago
From the article:
(Technically, the surgery would be a body transplant, since the acquisition of a new body is what saves the patient’s life. Then again, the head makes up less than 10 percent of our body weight. Can you really “transplant” the heavier, majority part? And if rejection occurs, it will be the body rejecting the head, not vice versa.)
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoThis reminds me of an old joke: The doctor has a patient come in, and is startled to realise he has a live frog sticking out of his forehead. "Good lord, how did you end up with that?" the doctor asks. "Well, it started as a zit on my ass," replies the frog.