Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time

Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by mirimir on Saturday April 28, 2018 @04:18PM (#16949245)

Here it comes ... pig-brain powered autopilot.

OK, maybe not pig brains. Maybe dog brains. Dogs are pack animals, and quite trainable.

Remember the watchdogs in Cryptonomicon :)

PETA would not be happy, however.

Edit: No, that was Snow Crash. How embarrassing :(

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by Someone on Saturday April 28, 2018 @04:29PM (#16949279)

You don’t need that advanced tech for that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by mirimir on Saturday April 28, 2018 @06:14PM (#16949686)

I don't think that you'd actually want a dog driving your car. But yes, the anti-tank dogs didn't work out. So maybe you don't want dog brains.

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by gamw_mana_sou on Saturday April 28, 2018 @05:20PM (#16949465)

PETA might be the most known animal welfare-related organization, but they aren't really worthy to be a drop-in replacement for the generic term.

Also, allegedly, China experiments on humans. Human rights organizations probably wouldn't be happy to see the resulting scientific papers.

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by mirimir on Saturday April 28, 2018 @06:19PM (#16949712)

Maybe human brains would work in China. But that'd be pushing the envelope.

In Hannu Rajaniemi's Flower Prince trilogy, he posits that the minds of billions of people will get uploaded, and that all but a few rich ones will end up as slaves. Basically apps.

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by noir_lord on Saturday April 28, 2018 @04:36PM (#16949294)

Or Rat Things from Snow Crash.

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Re:Pig brains kept alive outside bodies for first time by mirimir on Saturday April 28, 2018 @06:14PM (#16949693)

Yes, that's what I meant. They were dogs.

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