Maybe Death ain't permanent

[Kburjr]

Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains

Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.

bigthink.com

The ethics discussed is thought-provoking.


"Most countries define death, clinically speaking, as the irreversible loss of brain or circulatory function. This definition was already at odds with some folk- and value-centric understandings, but where do we go if it becomes possible to reverse clinical death with artificial perfusion?"

 

[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]

careful now...yer gittin' awfully close to zombie-level shit right thar

 

[huskers1217]

Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains

Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.

bigthink.com

The ethics discussed is thought-provoking.


"Most countries define death, clinically speaking, as the irreversible loss of brain or circulatory function. This definition was already at odds with some folk- and value-centric understandings, but where do we go if it becomes possible to reverse clinical death with artificial perfusion?"

glad i didnt read this before bed.

 

[Old Lion]

Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains

Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.

bigthink.com

The ethics discussed is thought-provoking.


"Most countries define death, clinically speaking, as the irreversible loss of brain or circulatory function. This definition was already at odds with some folk- and value-centric understandings, but where do we go if it becomes possible to reverse clinical death with artificial perfusion?"

I believe it. Most of those zombie pigs are posting here at the nation.

 

[Old Lion]

Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains

Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.

bigthink.com

The ethics discussed is thought-provoking.


"Most countries define death, clinically speaking, as the irreversible loss of brain or circulatory function. This definition was already at odds with some folk- and value-centric understandings, but where do we go if it becomes possible to reverse clinical death with artificial perfusion?"

Cool. I am ready for my robot body anyway. I have beat the hell out of this one already