[QUOTE=BFG9000;48531070]It was probably grown in a sterile environment so I highly doubt it[/QUOTE]
[quote=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmissible_spongiform_encephalopathy]Unlike other kinds of infectious disease, which are spread by microbes, the infectious agent in TSEs is believed to be a type of protein, called the prion protein. Misshapen prion proteins carry the disease between individuals and cause deterioration of the brain. TSEs are unique diseases in that their aetiology may be genetic, sporadic, or infectious via ingestion of infected foodstuffs and via iatrogenic means (e.g., blood transfusion).[2] Most TSEs are sporadic and occur in an animal with no prion protein mutation.
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Mutations in the PRNP gene cause prion disease. Familial forms of prion disease are caused by inherited mutations in the PRNP gene. Only a small percentage of all cases of prion disease run in families, however. Most cases of prion disease are sporadic, which means they occur in people without any known risk factors or gene mutations. In rare circumstances, prion diseases also can be transmitted by exposure to prion-contaminated tissues or other biological materials obtained from individuals with prion disease.
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Prions appear to be most infectious when in direct contact with affected tissues. For example, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been transmitted to patients taking injections of growth hormone harvested from human pituitary glands, from cadaver dura allografts and from instruments used for brain surgery (Brown, 2000) (prions can survive the "autoclave" sterilization process used for most surgical instruments). ...[/quote]
Basically if whatever they used to grow this brain carried the mutated gene which causes these folded prions which are the most likely culprit of human prion diseases, this brain could be infected. The brain could also sporadically form the mutated gene with no discernible cause.
The famous [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_%28disease%29]Kuru[/url] outbreak in Papua New Guinea is believed to originate from a single individual in the early 1900's who spontaneously developed the disease, died, and was then consumed by the immediate family as part of the Fore people's funeral ritual.
So if our current leading hypothesis on prion diseases is correct, regardless of whether it's lab grown or not, you shouldn't eat human brains.
[QUOTE=Superkilll307;48531097]Anybody else feel like we reached the bounds of what we currently consider Sci-Fi?
Kinda depressing that Sci-Fi hasn't been changing to accommodate the present.[/QUOTE]
No true artificial intelligence yet.
No AI-driven robots amongst the populace.
No inter-stellar travel.
No Dyson Spheres.
We've got a ways to go, buddy.
[QUOTE=HookerVomit;48531224]That episode about [sp]that woman's husband dying and having that.. thing.. replace him, was kind of creepy. [/sp] Very great series though. They need more seasons.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://eterni.me/[/url]
It's not a joke apparently.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;48531640]No true artificial intelligence yet.
No AI-driven robots amongst the populace.
No inter-stellar travel.
No Dyson Spheres.
We've got a ways to go, buddy.[/QUOTE]
no fucking hover chairs either
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48531806]no fucking hover chairs either[/QUOTE]
We have hover boards now
[editline]24th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=benbb;48531757][url]http://eterni.me/[/url]
It's not a joke apparently.[/QUOTE]
What the FUCK?
[QUOTE=HookerVomit;48531816]We have hover boards now[/QUOTE]
Why would I want to get exercise? This is the future goddammit
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48531806]no fucking hover chairs either[/QUOTE]
Um, we actually have those too...
[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/stewarts-x-men-days-of-future-past-wheelchair-really-levitated-2015[/url]
[QUOTE=BFG9000;48530897]Imagine running experiments on this thing and then one day testing it with an artificial body, which it will then use to have its revenge on us for all the horrible things we did to it[/QUOTE]
Except it's so under developed it has absolutely no circulatory system
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;48531640]No true artificial intelligence yet.
No AI-driven robots amongst the populace.
No inter-stellar travel.
No Dyson Spheres.
We've got a ways to go, buddy.[/QUOTE]
[img]https://lostangelesblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/012909dreamer-james-dyson-vacuum-02-af.jpg[/img]
i got ur dyson sphere right here u lil bitch
[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;48531150]Should we actually fully form a mature brain, would it potentially be able to become conscious?[/QUOTE]
Considering it lacks any awareness of the outside world, it would be really fucking hard for a brain in a jar to achieve self-awareness.
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I sound like one of them mad scientists in B movies.
Yeah what happens when we start creating fully functional human brains from scratch... sounds horrifying
[QUOTE=T553412;48532333]Considering it lacks any awareness of the outside world, it would be really fucking hard for a brain in a jar to achieve self-awareness.
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I sound like one of them mad scientists in B movies.[/QUOTE]
But if we can sustain ze human brain without a normal body, in a jar of shock-absorbent nutritional gel attached to a blood pump and oxygen transfer unit, ve could achieve such vonders!
How would that even work, though, if you created a mature human brain as well? I mean suppose you matured an artificially created human brain and somehow hooked it up to a body for it to have, would it actually be aware and know like, anything at all? I just wonder if it could even perform basic motor functions, let alone talk and think. It wouldn't have had a childhood in which to develop any knowledge of how to do anything.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;48531640]No true artificial intelligence yet.
No AI-driven robots amongst the populace.
No inter-stellar travel.
No Dyson Spheres.
We've got a ways to go, buddy.[/QUOTE]
We've pretty much got better holograms than Star Wars ever did, we've been to space, we've got a robot on another planet, our cars are about to start driving themselves, we sell devices that fit in the palm of your hand that can access all the world's knowledge, we're affixing computers to our fucking faces, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJTGLL2SnI]we have at least two mecha[/url], and so on. We're totally in the future.
[QUOTE=mugofdoom;48531599]Basically if whatever they used to grow this brain carried the mutated gene which causes these folded prions which are the most likely culprit of human prion diseases, this brain could be infected. The brain could also sporadically form the mutated gene with no discernible cause.
The famous [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_%28disease%29]Kuru[/url] outbreak in Papua New Guinea is believed to originate from a single individual in the early 1900's who spontaneously developed the disease, died, and was then consumed by the immediate family as part of the Fore people's funeral ritual.
So if our current leading hypothesis on prion diseases is correct, regardless of whether it's lab grown or not, you shouldn't eat human brains.[/QUOTE]
Oh, so a sterile environment wouldn't matter in that case
Even then though, what are the odds that the tissue this was made from had that gene?
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I sound like one of them mad scientists in B movies.[/QUOTE]
It's the brain of Abby Normal.
[QUOTE=ironman17;48532383]But if we can sustain ze human brain without a normal body, in a jar of shock-absorbent nutritional gel attached to a blood pump and oxygen transfer unit, ve could achieve such vonders![/QUOTE]
And Evil Con Carne will become a reality :D
[quote]The ethical concerns were non-existent, said Anand. “We don’t have any sensory stimuli entering the brain. This brain is not thinking in any way.”[/quote]
i wonder at what point it does become an ethical concern?
[QUOTE=Kommodore;48532945]i wonder at what point it does become an ethical concern?[/QUOTE]
When the brain is receiving stimuli and thus forming awareness.
I'm more excited that they're able to keep the brain alive without organs. Soon when we die we can become a brain in a jar
but not even at that point could you call it a person. we experiment on sentient animals which are relatively more complex than that as a matter of routine. after a certain point its more a philosophical question than a scientific one which is why review boards and ethics committees exist. it's an interesting question.
Is anyone else getting the "I have no mouth and I must scream" vibes from this?
[QUOTE=Kyle902;48532971]When the brain is receiving stimuli and thus forming awareness.
I'm more excited that they're able to keep the brain alive without organs. Soon when we die we can become a brain in a jar[/QUOTE]
Which I'd be fine with. Even an age with only thoughts and dreams would be preferable to an eternity of oblivion.
Besides they'll probably be able to add sensors and transmitters so we can sense and express from within our jars.
[QUOTE=ironman17;48533082]Which I'd be fine with. Even an age with only thoughts and dreams would be preferable to an eternity of oblivion.
Besides they'll probably be able to add sensors and transmitters so we can sense and express from within our jars.[/QUOTE]
Hell at some point, considering they're already growing brains, its quite likely they can start cloning bodies for disembodied brains.
Can someone say biological immortality?
[QUOTE=Kyle902;48533095]Hell at some point, considering they're already growing brains, its quite likely they can start cloning bodies for disembodied brains.
Can someone say biological immortality?[/QUOTE]
Or better still, perhaps one day we'll be able to GROW synthetic platforms through some sort of nanotechnological stem cell equivalent, creating bodies that are as durable and efficient as a machine, yet as flexible and variable as organic life.
With the right surgical procedures and brain-cradles, one could transplant their brain into whatever body they desired, and if the technology is sophisticated enough the brain itself could be gradually converted into a "synth" equivalent of its cellular makeup, gradually replacing old cells while maintaining the connections of the original and preserving the consciousness throughout the conversion process. A brain as flexible and capable as our old one (perhaps even moreso), but far more durable than the ugly bag of mostly water we carry around in our skullbox.
neural+quantum computer powering IBM Watson Mk3 with Google Brain Link v65535 synced to Microsoft Cortana vUndef
:rock:
I think people are just fucking lazy to think and want to build something else to think instead of them.
It's how we die.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;48533095]Hell at some point, considering they're already growing brains, its quite likely they can start cloning bodies for disembodied brains.
Can someone say biological immortality?[/QUOTE]
This reminds me of a sci-fi movie I watched yesterday called Advantageous. Its about a woman who basically sucks her soul into a lifeless body of a younger woman to get a better paying job.
Its on Netflix if anyone wants to check it out.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;48532434]We've pretty much got better holograms than Star Wars ever did, we've been to space, we've got a robot on another planet, our cars are about to start driving themselves, we sell devices that fit in the palm of your hand that can access all the world's knowledge, we're affixing computers to our fucking faces, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJTGLL2SnI]we have at least two mecha[/url], and so on. We're totally in the future.[/QUOTE]
And despite all of that, we still have quite a way to go.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;48537316]And despite all of that, we still have quite a way to go.[/QUOTE]
We need human progress!
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