Neuroscience
Keeping brains alive in vitro has been possible since the sixties. Part one of the prerequisites for "biological AI" seems to be mostly solved.
Robert J White on head transplantation.
Brain transplantation (Warning: mildly gory/sensationalist article): "... Dr White managed to keep the isolated brain alive for days, proving not only that the brain could survive away from its own body but that it was immunologically sound - meaning that, unlike a kidney, it could be transplanted without the likelihood of the new 'body' rejecting it."
Even Wikipedia has an article on head transplants.
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Neuroscience
Brains can be kept alive in isolation
Keeping brains alive in vitro has been possible since the sixties. Part one of the prerequisites for "biological AI" seems to be mostly solved.
Robert J White on head transplantation.
Brain transplantation (Warning: mildly gory/sensationalist article): "... Dr White managed to keep the isolated brain alive for days, proving not only that the brain could survive away from its own body but that it was immunologically sound - meaning that, unlike a kidney, it could be transplanted without the likelihood of the new 'body' rejecting it."
Even Wikipedia has an article on head transplants.
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Spook me, please: What psychology tells us about the appeal of Halloween What do young children know about managing fear? Irrational human decision making during a zombie apocalypse. Extreme fear experienced without the amygdala. How to make a zombie...
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Wishing you a thriller of a Halloween! How to make a Halloween brain cake (ht @mocost). What do young children know about managing fear? How to make a zombie brain (See also this related video). The Lure of Horror, where I explore horror's...
- Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain (1953), directed by Felix E. Feist. Based on the 1942 science fiction novel of the same name, written by Curt Siodmak. The story revolves around an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac W.H. Donovan after an...
- The Brain That Wouldn't Die
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell! It's madness, not science! Plot Summary: Brilliant but borderline psychotic surgeon does secretive, experimental work with limb transplants...
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