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Perhaps, based on the article, a better title could be "researchers keep large fraction of brain cells alive in pig brain..." I hope they did some fMRI studies
by moh_maya 8y ago
Perhaps, based on the article, a better title could be "researchers keep large fraction of brain cells alive in pig brain..."
I hope they did some fMRI studies of the brains. Wonder if they just got some random noise (i.e., brain cells firing asynchronously) or if there was some discernable pattern.
And if there is a pattern, then.. wow! But also, little creepy..
As an aside, I respect that the authors on the paper refused to comment on it till the paper gets reviewed / published.
- otakucode 8y agoI would be very surprised if there was any kind of pattern. Once you cut off patterned sensory input, there is no reason to believe any pattern would persist beyond that. Even meager attempts at sensory deprivation often result in quite quite dissolution of consciousness, with it only be restored upon resumption of sensory input. That combined with the fact that significant changes to our bodies and perceptive apparatus lead to significant changes in our subjective experience makes it fairly clear, to me at least, that you can't have a mind without a body perceiving and creating a feedback loop between the world and your 'self.'
- AndrewKemendo 8y agoI mean it would seem to be comparable to turning a computer on with no mouse, keyboard or screen attached (or any peripheral). The idea of a disembodied brain doesn't really make sense as the brain is only one piece of the conscious experience, you need the rest of the nervous and perception systems (or robotic proxies) for it to actually be capable of anything or respond in a way that would be illuminating to a researcher.