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When this is perfected I wonder if a rich old person would be tempted to have a person with the body they want, to be kidnapped and have their own head transpl
by basicplus2 4y ago
When this is perfected I wonder if a rich old person would be tempted to have a person with the body they want, to be kidnapped and have their own head transplanted on to it to give them a longer life.
- ben_w 4y agoTempted, perhaps. But given the developments in organ culture and separately in bioprinting, I expect that by the time it’s possible, we will be able to make new bodies. Related open question for everyone: Is anyone experimenting with printing cryonically preserved cells? I understand that one of the problems with 3D bioprinting at the moment is that the tissue doesn’t live long enough to survive the printing process, while one of the problems with cryonics is that only very small samples can be frozen fast enough to avoid tissue damage. As I’m no biologist, while these “feel like” they would solve each other’s problems, I don’t trust my intuition.
- iLoveOncall 4y agoWell given that organs are already being sold on the black market, I don't see what the difference would be here.
- MarcoZavala 4y ago
- notreallyserio 4y agoSee the movies Parts: The Clonus Horror or the spiritual remake The Island for an alternative that works without kidnapping.