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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Medicine@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

Device keeps brain alive, functioning separate from body

www.utsouthwestern.edu

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Device keeps brain alive, functioning separate from body

www.utsouthwestern.edu

fossilesque@mander.xyz to Medicine@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a device that can isolate blood flow to the brain, keeping the organ alive and functioning independent from the rest of the body for several hours.
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    “We managed to hook it up to a speech translator too, but all it would do was scream. So we unplugged it.”

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    Totally not horrifying at an existential level.

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      Yeah, it would be absolutely horrifying to be a brain with no external senses.

      It’s impossible to even imagine what that would be like. Would you still “feel” a body? Would there be phantom pains? Would you just be going through a dream-like state or would you be completely blank except for your thoughts?

      Horrifying.

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        I’d imagine that since our brains have to interpret all information (not just the sensory we are conscious of, but also incoming “status updates” from all of our anatomical systems) that it would be so confused with the lack of information it would be too over/underwhelmed to spare the energy for organized conscious thought.

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    ah, sweet manmade horrors beyond my comprehension

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    Amazing. Fucking scary but also kinda of amazing. But fucking scary

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      But also kinda amazing

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        But very fucking scary

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          But also kinda amazing!

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    Bring on the Futurama decapitated heads baby!

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    ಠ_ಠ

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    I encourage everyone to keep knee jerk reactions at bay and RTFA. This could help us learn a lot about interactions between the brain and the rest of the body

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      Does RTFA stand for ‘read the full article’ or ‘read the fucking article’?

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        Yes

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    did any of you guys read this article? This is just about the blood, not the nerves. Basically to assist with research about what different concentrations of blood nutrients do.

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    Why, you could be hooked up to this device right now. Yes, you.

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      Someone obviously pissed in my brain jar.

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      I’m over thirty. Beam me into the hive mind, Scotty, this body has seen its best days already.

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