Have you ever wondered about your memories? Where are they stored? How do you remember? Are they pysical things? The brain is complex (in case you haven't noticed I'm obsessed with the brain) and we can't understand it. The other day I heard/read about brain/body transplants. How could this be possible?
I watched a video of a scientist who experimented with removing a brain and actually keeping it 'alive'. It sent off brain waves and was essentially 'working', but what does this mean? Another scientist removed the head of one monkey and placed it on the head of another....it lived and functioned for 7 days before the body rejected the head. Since ape anatomy is so similar to human anatomy, brain/whole body transplants could futuristically be possible.
But what does this mean for thoughts and memories? If you were brain dead and you received a brain transplant, does this mean that all your thoughts and memories are gone? Are you a completely different person? Would you think differently? Walk differently? Speak differently?
The brain controls all parts of the body, so could you possibly be able to run faster? Drive better? Be smarter? And how do religions view this idea? When does this become too much? When is 'enough'?
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