Brain Organoids - Page 1/3

Subject: Brain Organoids
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shadow27 18.03.21 - 10:22am
[link] https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/carl-zimmer-lifes-edge-brain-organoids.html[/link]

I'll just leave this link here. * +

shadow27 18.03.21 - 10:26am
Basically, scientists took some skin cells and repurposed them so that they grew into miniature brains.

What are the ethics in regard to this?

What will happen next? Link them up to a robot maybe? * +

kimjongl 18.03.21 - 10:48am
Very interesting. The possibilities are endless. It could be a pathway to transferring our own consciousness one day. * +

tazdevil 18.03.21 - 08:30pm
How do you mean, like we wouldn't need to be 'alive' anymore? We could all live in a simulation where nobody starves or gets sick? * +

tazdevil 18.03.21 - 08:30pm
Regarding your questions shadow, I've always found genetic engineering unethical (to say the least) and even if there are any ethics involved, the scientists lost them when fame/money became more important than science.

And I don't know what will happen next, maybe we would really have to deal with brainy robots or over-population or something lol * +

budgiesmuggler 18.03.21 - 08:40pm

@ tazdevil - 18.03.21 - 08:30pm
Regarding your questions shadow, I've always found genetic engineering unethical (to say the least) and even if there are any ethics involved, the scientists lost them when fame/money became more important than science.

And I don't know what will happen next, maybe we would really have to deal with brainy robots or over-population or something lol

Imagine having extra brain capacity you could just plug in.

It could be on the net grinding for man meat while you're sleeping.

Doing your job while you're off having a sneaky wank.

Open your mind to the future.
Yeah.. stretch it wide.
mmmmm * +

tazdevil 18.03.21 - 09:00pm

@ budgiesmuggler - 18.03.21 - 08:40pm
Imagine having extra brain capacity you could just plug in.

It could be on the net grinding for man meat while you're sleeping.

Doing your job while you're off having a sneaky wank.

Open your mind to the future.
Yeah.. stretch it wide.
mmmmm

I mean, fair! New brain adept at finding d*cks = BONUS! I'll try not to be suspicious of these brain organoids now

* +

3mel 18.03.21 - 09:24pm

can you name any rich and famous geneticists ?

they're the guys whose work has a large impact on the world while their pay does not reflect it. * +