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randomuser  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Human head transplant.

I think the difference with transplanting a head is that ,as you need a live one to transplant, a person ends up dead. Like do we use vegetative state organ donors heads?





thenewgreen  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, we would need to use a vegetative state persons body and put a functional head on it from a quadriplegic, right?

I suppose that would be a tough pill to swallow, but if a family was going to pull the plug anyways....

randomuser  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's pretty crazy to think about what circumstances would make this borderline ethical. I don't know how my heart brain feels about it, but my science brain thinks it's awesome.