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It's not a great article, and it glosses over the reality that if you hooked this brain up to an EEG it would show unequivocal brain death. CELLS of the brain a
by EA-3167 5mo ago
It's not a great article, and it glosses over the reality that if you hooked this brain up to an EEG it would show unequivocal brain death. CELLS of the brain are alive, but in terms of being able to function in any sort of coordinated way there that ship sailed minutes after the person who donated their organs died. The wave of depolarization that marks brain death isn't something we can reverse, and what's being done here is all about metabolism and structure rather than those much more subtle functions.
IMO the more questionable aspect of this entire operation is the use of "AI" to reach conclusions about how the test molecules are being metabolized, but that's a lot less compelling than implying that some company is somehow preserving life in a disembodied brain.
- genxy 5mo ago> isn't something we can reverse Until you hook it up to a lightening rod in the top of a castle!
- EA-3167 5mo agoJust remember to be a good father, or things get really epic in a gothic sort of way.
- DontBreakAlex 5mo agoEveryone upvote this guy more, thanks
- mikeweiss 5mo agoSo your saying you would be comfortable putting yourself on the donor list then?
- EA-3167 5mo agoSure, the key point here is that you die first. Squeamishness is for the living, who have increasingly desperate need of neurological medicines.