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  • seanraaron
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    Damn that is creepy. At least there's a basis for those horror films where the recipient of a hand transplant from a recently executed killer becomes a serial killer themselves...

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  • diseasex
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Certainly is. There was a documentary on the subject not so long ago.

    The particular case was of this chap who learned to play the violin after a heart transplant. Never before in his life did the desire to play a musical instrument enter his mind. It was only after some time came to pass they realised the donor learned to play since a child.

    Creepy, eh?

    There's other stories similar, becoming an artist etc.
    OK give me Warren buffets arm!

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by seanraaron View Post
    No, that sh*t for real?
    Certainly is. There was a documentary on the subject not so long ago.

    The particular case was of this chap who learned to play the violin after a heart transplant. Never before in his life did the desire to play a musical instrument enter his mind. It was only after some time came to pass they realised the donor learned to play since a child.

    Creepy, eh?

    There's other stories similar, becoming an artist etc.

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  • seanraaron
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    You've all heard the stories of those that have had heart transplants and learn a new skill or trade following surgery that was a trait that belonged to the donor? The idea being tissue surrounding the heart is similar to that of the brain.
    No, that sh*t for real?

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  • RetSet
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    ***Disgusting post about the Human Centipede deleted***
    Yup. 90 minutes of my life that I'll never get back.

    Possibly the worst film I've ever seen.

    Not even scary. Just tulipe

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  • scooterscot
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    Ethically I'm troubled by the whole business of removing ones head for another body, regardless if the surgery can be overcome.

    Our nervous system makes us who we are. You've all heard the stories of those that have had heart transplants and learn a new skill or trade following surgery that was a trait that belonged to the donor? The idea being tissue surrounding the heart is similar to that of the brain.

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  • greenlake
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    AtW's experiments were a success....



    Last edited by greenlake; 21 January 2016, 21:36.

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  • VectraMan
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  • seanraaron
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    I was thinking more "The Amazing Two-Headed Transplant" with Bruce Dern, but I guess that horrible movie you just referenced counts...eeek.

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  • xoggoth
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    ***Disgusting post about the Human Centipede deleted***

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by seanraaron View Post
    I'm pretty sure more than one film has been made about this kind of thing - it never turns out well.
    You know Mauve Monkey, then

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  • seanraaron
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    I'm pretty sure more than one film has been made about this kind of thing - it never turns out well.

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  • xoggoth
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    he intended to offer the surgery as a treatment for complete paralysis
    Should more accurately be described as a body transplant surely?

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  • vetran
    started a topic Watch out MM

    Watch out MM

    https://www.newscientist.com/article...erick-surgeon/

    The head transplant juggernaut rolls on. Last year, maverick surgeon Sergio Canavero caused a worldwide storm when he revealed his plan to attempt a human head transplant to New Scientist. He claimed that the surgical protocol would be ready within two years and said he intended to offer the surgery as a treatment for complete paralysis.

    Now, working with other scientists in China and South Korea, he claims to have moved closer to that goal with a series of experiments in animals and human cadavers.
    he could put your head on a boomer.

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