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uruk
20th November 2003, 05:39 PM
I was on another forum when I found this:

http://216.247.9.207/bthtml/about.htm

This HAS to be a joke.
uruk
20th November 2003, 05:44 PM
Never mind. It was a joke.
wayrad
20th November 2003, 05:48 PM
Originally posted by uruk
I was on another forum when I found this:

http://216.247.9.207/bthtml/about.htm

This HAS to be a joke. Google lists it in the hoax site category.
BTox
20th November 2003, 07:01 PM
Only $500,000? Definitely a hoax!
Interesting Ian
21st November 2003, 05:55 AM
Originally posted by uruk
Never mind. It was a joke.

But if the self wholly resides in the brain it should in principle be possible to do.
Jeff Corey
21st November 2003, 06:15 AM
Originally posted by Interesting Ian


But if the self wholly resides in the brain it should in principle be possible to do.
The devil is in the details. Hooking up all those spinal nerves, reattaching the spinal cord, all those afferent and efferent nerves.
Reattaching the self, itself, is a daunting task.
Graham
21st November 2003, 07:37 AM
Originally posted by Interesting Ian


But if the self wholly resides in the brain it should in principle be possible to do.

Yes, it is. What's your point?
Interesting Ian
21st November 2003, 07:46 AM
Originally posted by Graham


Yes, it is. What's your point?

Forgive me for my existence.
Jeff Corey
21st November 2003, 08:34 AM
Originally posted by Interesting Ian


Forgive me for my existence.

You are forgiven, My son.
uruk
21st November 2003, 09:59 AM
But if the self wholly resides in the brain it should in principle be possible to do.

In principal yes, but medical science and technology needs to catch up.
The Nazi scientist experimented with this in the concentration camps. Some U.S. scientists successfully attached the severed heads of dogs on to circulatory systems of other dogs.
EdipisReks
21st November 2003, 05:09 PM
Originally posted by Jeff Corey


You are forgiven, My son.

don't encourage him.