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Re:Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life by libertine on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @04:12PM (#20338992)
This is such a weird scenario it's hard to imagine how traumatic this would be, and if it would ever be possible to regain conscience that thing would most likely be just something else other than human.

According to António Damásio our conscience and memories are part of our body - the whole of it. We aren't brains mounted on a bio-mechanical motion, sensory and life support systems.

People who lose a limb, or those who have spinal injuries go through such traumatic experiences, I can't imagine a glimpse of consciousness of a head..

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Re:Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life by NotSammyHagar on Friday July 05, 2019 @06:02PM (#20366242)
It's traumatic of course to have that happen but you still remember your life, you don't forget about first grade or something. Our mental state is affected by the health state of our bodies. I just read the wikipedia bio of Damasio, I see he's a real neuroscientist (I am not). But how can it be that our memories are not only in our brain?
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