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Comment Re:Brain transplant? (Score 2) 162

Immunology, presumably.

The only donor bodies that aren't going to treat the transplant as an act of war are clones or heavily immunosuppressed; and it's probably more plausible to assume that you'll be able to clone a human like a sheep than assume that you'll be making some fundamental breakthroughs in immunology to deal more elegantly with unmatched hosts.

Comment To what end? (Score 1) 162

I can see the utility of having spare organs in certain emergencies; but how much life extension would you actually get even if the sort of neurosurgery involved in removing a brain and reattaching it to a new host's spinal cord were viable? Is the theory that the assorted ghastly flavors of neurodegeneration are actually to be blamed on older organs and everything will be fine; or is this just a very expensive way to ensure that you skip the various ways peripheral organs can kill you and are assured to be the spryest patient in the dementia ward?

Comment Re:Coming to America (Score 1) 101

(Pulling my pants up so the belt is at chest level)

Back in my day, when my daughter was a kid, it was easier to keep tabs on what she was doing and who she was talking to. There were no iPads or smartphones. Our single computer was in the living room, so it was easy to keep tabs on what she was doing. ...Although half the time she wanted me helping her with whatever she was doing anyway. I got pretty good at those Disney games like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

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