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EmbarrassedHelp t1_ismn0ph wrote

Reply to comment by coffeeandtrout in In a novel experiment, brain-like human tissue implanted in rat brains influenced the rodents' behavior by le75

I wonder if you could slowly replace a living person's brain with newly grown cells to combat aging with this idea?

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Sanpaku t1_ismu3ea wrote

Ship of Theseus territory, but I'd volunteer for it.

The same brain plasticity that I had as a toddler? Shoot that straight into my Broca's area, I wasn't exposed to foreign languages til late in life, and largely failed in my attempts to become fluent in Spanish and French.

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lokicramer t1_ismrz3s wrote

If you created nanobots that could preform the same functions as living neurons, and had them slowly replace your own organic neurons, you could essentially become immortal.

If it happened slow enough, you wouldn't notice the change.

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noiamholmstar t1_ispkuvm wrote

Or would you slowly find yourself to be more of an observer of a fuzzier view of the world, becoming gradually more dream-like and less controlled, as more and more of your brain-function is replaced by artificial neurons? It might seem normal at first, but more and more often you might realize you were doing something without ever consciously planning to do it. Maybe a bit like zoning out while driving and realizing you don't really remember driving the last several minutes, but instead it's like losing the last few hours.

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