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16 Nov 2015, 5:11 pm
Interesting proposition.
I can see the value in a project like this, although I have to admit I've always been nervous about the idea of donating bits and pieces to science, for fear that maybe they'll decide that extracting said bits and pieces for research is a more valuable proposition than using all available means to keep me alive and fully intact. Irrational, I know, but it's what goes through my wetware while it's still alive.
Maybe "Futurama" has given me unrealistic hopes that they'll keep my head alive in a jar long after I would otherwise have expired, with much hilarity ensuing for all. 
16 Nov 2015, 5:12 pm
I can see the value in a project like this, although I have to admit I've always been nervous about the idea of donating bits and pieces to science, for fear that maybe they'll decide that extracting said bits and pieces for research is a more valuable proposition than using all available means to keep me alive and fully intact. Irrational, I know, but it's what goes through my wetware while it's still alive.
Maybe "Futurama" has given me unrealistic hopes that they'll keep my head alive in a jar long after I would otherwise have expired, with much hilarity ensuing for all.
the scientists who want the bits and pieces are not the same as the doctors working on you. they probably don't even know anything about whether or not you're donating while theyre working on you.
16 Nov 2015, 5:18 pm
I can see the value in a project like this, although I have to admit I've always been nervous about the idea of donating bits and pieces to science, for fear that maybe they'll decide that extracting said bits and pieces for research is a more valuable proposition than using all available means to keep me alive and fully intact. Irrational, I know, but it's what goes through my wetware while it's still alive.
Maybe "Futurama" has given me unrealistic hopes that they'll keep my head alive in a jar long after I would otherwise have expired, with much hilarity ensuing for all.
the scientists who want the bits and pieces are not the same as the doctors working on you. they probably don't even know anything about whether or not you're donating while theyre working on you.
That's a good point. I hadn't really considered that angle, but I'm sure you're right.
17 Nov 2015, 1:25 am
17 Nov 2015, 2:34 am
Yes. Most people don't make the arrangements beforehand. Another challenge is that they need to preserve (i.e. freeze) the brain pretty quickly for it to be useful.
I shoild assume similar though not identical requirements exist for other neural tissue...
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17 Nov 2015, 3:25 am
I'm not convinced my brain would be donated for a good cause. solving autism is not on my priorities. seems 
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