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Perhaps the results of hand transplantation procedures, which have already been carried out successfully [1], could provide some insight into this question. Th
by JProthero 6y ago
Perhaps the results of hand transplantation procedures, which have already been carried out successfully [1], could provide some insight into this question.
The functionality that hand transplant recipients obtain from the transplant apparently varies, but the results can be quite impressive. The Wikipedia article notes one recipient was able to use his transplanted hand to drink from a bottle of water a week after the procedure, and tie shoelaces after a few months.
If brains can successfully adapt to controlling a transplanted hand, under the right circumstances perhaps they can also adapt to multiple transplanted limbs, or a whole body.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_transplant#Long-term_functionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_transplant#Long-term_func...
- macintux 6y agoThat's a worrisome timeframe, though, if it scales linearly. Hopefully it's parallelizable.