Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not very imaginative. "Tired of having a man's body? Get a woman's!"
_I Will Fear No Evil_ was one of Heinlein's odder novels.
Hmm, I'm not familiar with it. Is it good?
Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
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Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#22Does anyone have a copy of the text? All I'm getting is a blank page.
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#23Does anyone have a copy of the text? All I'm getting is a blank page.
You mean, BODY of the text? As you obviously get HEADERs.
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#24It would be a great, fast way to get the body you always wanted :D.
I'm sure the market for donor bodies would be very, very small.
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
_I Will Fear No Evil_ was one of Heinlein's odder novels.
Hmm, I'm not familiar with it. Is it good?
If you like late-period Heinlein, it's good. Or at least fun. If you feel his work declined after or starting with Stranger, then this novel will fulfill your expectations.
There's nothing really ground-breaking in it (at least, from the standpoint of the late 1980s, when I read it).
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm, I'm not familiar with it. Is it good?
If you like late-period Heinlein, it's good. Or at least fun. If you feel his work declined after or starting with Stranger, then this novel will fulfill your expectations. There's nothing really ground-breaking in it (at least, from the standpoint of the late 1980s, when I read it).
Ah, thank you, I'll read a bit of it and see if I like it.
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#27Does anyone have a copy of the text? All I'm getting is a blank page.
Removing the "o" from "Canavero" in the URL did the job for me. Don't know why, but there you go.
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#28Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#29Considering that a face transplant currently requires a lifetime regimine of immunosuppressives ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_transplant#Ethics.2C_Surge... ) in order to have post-op acceptance of the transplant by the host, I would expect nothing less in this more extreme form of surgery. I would hate to be the recipient of this procedure; then fin my body (their body?) rejecting the transplant!
Would it be the body or the head that rejects the transplant? And what would actually happen if it is rejected? Sudden death? Slow death?
Re: Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage
#30There's some research that shows our body "chooses" to do something before our mind tells it to.
So, swapping the body seems like it could be exciting for this kind of stuff.
I think it's fascinating that we can't keep a head alive on a machine (I wonder how much body can be removed and still, using machines, have a living brain / head?) but that we can transplant a head.
The paper isn't loading for me at the moment, but what do they mean by "spinal linkage"? If we can transplant a head why can't we fix broken back injuries? (Or can we, and I just don't know?)