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I'm disappointed that the only reference to Futurama in the comments is a tangential one. Anyway, brains in jars are still meat. They're still cells which suc
by 01100011 3y ago
I'm disappointed that the only reference to Futurama in the comments is a tangential one.
Anyway, brains in jars are still meat. They're still cells which succumb to the steady accumulation of errors and cellular junk. Brains in a jar may be easier than keeping a full body alive, but I suspect only slightly.
- brandall10 3y agoI'm more disappointed there's no reference to early 80s Steve Martin movie "The Man with Two Brains", as he literally wanders around talking to a brain in a jar.
- robocat 3y agoThe history of the cliché goes way back before Futurama: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat Or I just read: Therefore the logical end of mechanical progress is to reduce the human being to something resembling a brain in a bottle. - written by George Orwell ~1937 in a book intended for general audience - he avoids uncommon or unclear metaphors. http://www.george-orwell.org/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier/11.html http://www.george-orwell.org/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier/11.html