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I assume you mean “donor deceased”. Even if I were dead I would not necessarily want people using my DNA to father children. I wouldn’t necessarily be against
by rdl 9y ago
I assume you mean “donor deceased”. Even if I were dead I would not necessarily want people using my DNA to father children.
I wouldn’t necessarily be against it, either, but I would feel I had some interest in how sperm were used in a different way from other organs. I’d also feel differently about something physically identifying like a face, and even more so about the brain/cognition (if there were a way to do a partial brain transplant which carried memories or something but didn’t transfer consciousness — seems unlikely given what we know of the brain today, but I wouldn’t count it out since we don’t really know all that much.)
- DoreenMichele 9y ago(if there were a way to do a partial brain transplant which carried memories Years ago, I saw an interview with a woman on TV. IIRC, she was the first recipient of a heart and lung transplant. She was asked a question shortly after surgery in which her reply was something like "I'd love to have a beer!" though she did not drink. The young male donor who died in a motorcycle accident did drink. She also reported having dreams and other experiences in line with having somehow inherited some piece of his consciousness. Over time, they faded. If anyone is curious to read more, this might be her book: A Change of Heart: A Memoir by Claire Sylvia
- fjsolwmv 9y agoThat's sounds like an urban legend / exaggerated story.
- freedomben 9y agoI hope it is urban legend or exaggerated, because that is terrifying.
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- rrobukef 9y agoOr it's wishful thinking / placebo. The mind is very good at deceiving itself.
- meric 9y agoOr the subconscious memories could have been transferred through other methods, e.g. socialising with people who knew the donor.
- bencollier49 9y agoWell, the heart apparently has 40,000 neurons, which is cracking on for the same number as a fruit fly. Although one would assume that they're not arranged for the sort of thing which would make a person crave a beer.
- SketchySeaBeast 9y agoYeah, more of a "Keep pumping even if the brain upstairs talking to me" would probably the answer to that. I doubt it cares much for beer. I wonder if it's a less romantic statistic if you look at neurons in, say, the left butt cheek or something.
- bencollier49 9y agoWell, apparently there's something called Gluteal Amnesia...?