If brain transplantation into another body was possible would you do it?

Question

I probably would, sure there is always that ethical question where does the body come from, but if it was between my life and someone elses i would pick mine, sorry to say but survival instinct is a strong motivation.

Answer 1

If it was your brain that stopped working, they'd get another brain and put it in YOUR body. Then you wouldn't be you, blah blah blah. It's be someone else in your body. Urgh.

I think it's impossible and no one's ever going to be able to do it.

A bit like time travelling, or eating sweetcorn and becoming a green giant.

Answer 2

I have already signed upon the waiting list. I have requested that once I hit age 40, that my brain be placed into the body of a beautiful twenty year old,  that looks like I do now.

Answer 3

No.  I don't think that I would, Derek.

Answer 4

Which brain,what body?isn't it this part of what cloning is all about?

Answer 5

Yep.

Answer 6

The brain can't really change your opinions, religion, and outlook on life; only the outside world can do that. We could have a Hitler clone that could be taught to be a philanthropist, or a Gandhi clone trained to be a cold-blooded killer. Maybe you might be able to scrape a few more IQ points or have increased cognitive skill, but I would rather not take the risk of such a surgery. Those who have dissected before know that the brain is pretty hard to take out without damaging it.

Answer 7

I wouldn't.

Answer 8

Its an intriguing question. I would not do so if it was between my life and someone elses. I dont think I could live with myself knowing that someone died because of my desire to live.

Now, if synthetic bodies could be made to accomadate our brains, we could live forever (for as low as $16,999 for economy model) and that could be cool.

Answer 9

No because I'm not a brain, I'm a soul.  The brain doesn't even contain the mind, let alone the soul.  We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.  Indians consider the mind to be in the heart not the brain, mystics say the spirit is in the heart but also in a higher dimension.  Some traditions won't get a blood transplant because they believe the blood contains the spirit.  I don't think people who have had a heart transplant have lost their soul, the physical heart isn't the only heart, there is also the heart chakra.  If you had a brain transplant, the new host would more likely to be the one whose soul stays in the body not the donor.

Answer 10

No, I would't do it because I believe that there is a connection between body and mind. To place a different brain into a body would mean that there was no recognition of that body. When the new brain had to cope with a different body shape, perhaps a different skin colour, then I think there would be problems.

Moreover, body shape and characteristics help shape the mind. These would be out of kilter if the brain was not the original one. A fat person's brain thinks differently to a thin person's brain.

I wouldn't worry about the ethical questions. I believe stem cell regeneration would be preferrable to a brain transplant

Answer 11

hmmmm....my brain.......paris hilton's body......hmmmm