The other alternative is for a scientist to clone a human being. That would eliminate the technical problems with sewing a head back on someone else's body.
A clone would physically look like yourself, but if it lives, he or she might not have the same soul as you in that new body. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : Well there is the chance they may get the head on backwards but that might not matter with some people. ;-) On 02/27/2015 11:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" mailto:jr_esq@...[FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Actually, I would like to see if he can succeed in his bravado. Theologians can determine the significance of this event later in terms of spiritual meaning. Ahem. Theologians "determine" nothing. They just talk bullshit, same as you're doing. :-) But it just appears to me that this idea is unnatural. IOW, if your body can't function anymore, why prolong it? There is nothing wrong with dying with dignity. Or as Einstein would put it..."to die elegantly". In other words, you'd like to prevent this "unnatural" thing from ever being put to the test, so that you never have to deal with what the implications would be if it succeeded. Thought so. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> mailto:turquoiseb@... wrote : 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_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" mailto:jr_esq@...[FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto: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 mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> mailto:turquoiseb@... wrote : You get your head grafted onto a new body. And hate it. The living forever thing is nice, but what if you really, really hate the body you got given to carry your head around? :-) First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/first-full-body-transplant-two-years-away-surgeon-claim First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon cl... Doctor plans to graft a living person’s head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will soon be ready View on www.theguardian.com Preview by Yahoo
