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 In
response to the idea of identity relocation, it is not an
entirely new idea in the scientific and medical community. In
the 1960’s, Dr. Robert White conducted an experiment in which
he transplanted an additional brain into a dog in Cleveland,
Ohio. Dr.
White conducted a similarly successful experiment in the
1970’s. This
time, Dr. White used a monkey, transplanting an entire head from
one monkey to the body of another.
The findings of Dr. White’s experiment Perhaps the most
important finding of these experiments was that the brain is an
“immunologically sound” organ – in other words, it can be
successfully transplanted without the fear of a body rejecting
it, which is quite different from other internal organs like
liver, kidneys, or heart.
Dr.
White, who has yet retired from his career as a brain surgeon,
confirms that the identity of an individual would be transferred
to a new body along with the brain. “I believe the brain
tissue is the physical repository for the human soul,” he said
in an interview in December 1999. “I don’t think the soul is
in your arm, in your heart, or in your kidneys.”
The
lack of research in the field of brain transplantation is the
cause of numerous unnecessary deaths, Dr. White adds. “People
are dying today who, if they had body transplants… would
remain alive.”
A surgical protocol for Identity Relocation in humans would
require very little alteration from that used in monkeys,
although it would need to be scaled up because of the difference
in body size between the two species. In fact, the procedure
would be easier to perform in humans than in monkeys, because
the blood vessels and other tissues of a human are larger than
those of a monkey, and surgeons have much more experience
operating on the human anatomy.
How is it to be determined that the individual’s identity is
actually transferred along with the brain? One way to find out
is, during the animal trials, to transplant the brain of a
domesticated or specially trained animal into the body of the
one with no such training and, upon post-surgical recovery, to
observe the animal’s reaction to its master or its ability to
perform tricks it learned while in the former body.
 What
gives us the ability to desire a control over aging is our
brain. The preservation of our brain is all that
matters, I can replace my heart, kidneys, or any other organs --
within the limits of technology, but I can't replace the brain
or I will no longer be I. That's why in cryonics people have the option to preserve only
the head and brain death is the best definition of death in
medicine. Our priority should then be set to avoid aging in the
brain; avoiding aging in the rest of the body is secondary
unless, of course, it is a necessary action for the upkeep of
the brain.
An important question is whether aging is caused by factors that
don't have their origin in the brain. Perhaps our brain just
ages because the other organs in the body can no longer support
it.
If
we could fine tune the human body on a schedule designed to
preserve the body, perhaps our brain’s would never age.
Though it may seem, it is not that difficult. At some point, we may be able to transplant an entire body.
At the current time, the procedure could be performed
though the subject would be paralyzed from the head down.
It has already been attempted by Dr. Robert White.
In a dog and monkey, performed the body transfer.
And note the term, “Body Transplant.”
This term is used instead of brain or head transplant
because this is not about size. The brain is the soul and can
never be changed; however, the body can; therefore, it is the
body that is transplanted. The process would still be quite
difficult and of course, expensive.
Even if the procedure entailed replacing the most vital
systems with the new techniques of artificially generating
organs, it would still be difficult and even dangerous.
After all, surgery is always a risk and we would need to
use clones of ourselves in order to avoid anything complications
in incompatibility. With
incompatibility, there could be irreversible damage to the
brain. The process would be extensive and expensive, even with
new technologies. Using animals to test procedures is a valuable
process. If we
learn from it then so be it; however, testing the process in
humans is the only real way to know.
If this procedure could be performed, sparing damage to
the brain, we would still age, slower, but we would still age.
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