[ExI] head transplants

[Odell Huff]

He would need his donor head checked!


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Gordon <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Spike,
>
> >>…If and when they become possible, I think they should be called body
> transplants as opposed to head transplants. If my doctor told me he wanted
> to attach a donor body to my head, I would consider it. If he wanted to
> attach a donor head to my body, I would definitely seek a second opinion.
> Gordon
>
>
> > Gordon, in the context of this question, we now need to define the term
> “my” in reference to both bodies and both heads....
>
>
> If we call it a head transplant instead of a body transplant then it is
> the only kind of transplant in which the recipient will never know of his
> good fortune. I can know that I received a new body, but I cannot know that
> I received a new head.
>
> Gordon
>
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