Methinks John is terrified that the procedure might work. If so, there goes the notion of "human soul" right out the window, cuz identity would then have been proven to reside entirely in the brain. From: "jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:23 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fascinating subject for a scifi story The doctor is trying to get media attention by talking bravado. He has to prove that his procedures can perform this operation. Otherwise, he's talking nonsense.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : You get your head grafted onto a new body. And hate it. 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