lsparrish comments on Cryonics and the importance of body to cognition - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lsparrish 12 March 2011 03:18:50PM *  3 points [-]

A significant data point here is that organ transplants -- including those of entire limbs -- have been made to work already. This indicates that the wiring in general cannot be so specific as to be impossible to replicate or regrow without originals.

Comment author: lukeprog 12 March 2011 04:14:06PM 3 points [-]

Also, we've transplanted animal heads.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 12 March 2011 10:29:19PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but we don't have any good data on whether the animals had the same personality so that doesn't provide the same sort of data that organ and limb transplants do. But the overarching point seems correct.