Head transplants!

funkycow · 2016-09-21T08:45:49.351Z

So some bloke reckons he’ll be able to do this next year:

bbc.co.uk

The surgeon who wants to perform a head transplant by 2017

A surgeon who wants to carry out the first ever head transplant says the first one could take place as early as next year.

Whose head would you put on whose body? This doesn’t need to be “snthexual” but could just be for japes (not the japes). Would like to see Kim Kardashian and John Prescott do swapsies, just to watch the horror on their faces.

anon5266188 · 2016-09-21T08:46:30.391Z

Probably your Dad’s

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-21T08:49:09.579Z

This is a good read if you’re interested in the topic:

The Atlantic

The Audacious Plan to Save This Man’s Life by Transplanting His Head

What would happen if it actually works?

I’d take Piers Brosnan’s head circa Goldeneye.

zxcvbnm · 2016-09-21T08:50:44.236Z

hip_young_gunslinger:

I’d take Piers Brosnan’s head circa Goldeneye.

I don’t think you’ve quite understood this HYG.

zxcvbnm · 2016-09-21T08:51:45.553Z

I was going to say I’d get my head stuck on some ripped dude but what’s the point? It would have gone to pot within a month.

chadders · 2016-09-21T08:52:24.404Z

Probably just swap the Chuckle Brothers heads around

To me/you to you/me

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-21T08:52:27.276Z

funkycow:

Whose head would you put on whose body?

Piers’ head. My body. Ideally from about 20 years ago. Capish?

funkycow · 2016-09-21T08:53:46.807Z

how old were you 20 years ago? if you’re typical dis demographic, wouldn’t that look weird?

hip_young_gunslinger · 2016-09-21T08:54:56.901Z

I’d be the handsomest nine-year-old going.

1101010 · 2016-09-21T08:55:19.791Z

Not sure this is as close as they imply?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106525-its-time-for-a-serious-debate-about-head-transplants/

Technically, the most difficult part of the procedure is to get the spinal cords of the head and the donor body to fuse. That is where the research teams behind this week’s papers claim to have made progress.

Or have they? According to many of the external experts we consulted, there are huge question marks over the quality of the science, and some glaring holes that ought to have been filled before publication. The research teams involved defend themselves, but it is hard not to conclude that they rushed the papers into publication.

NickDS · 2016-09-21T08:56:21.665Z

I read an article on this last night, it said the surgeon had do the operation ‘1000 times on mice’, not bad, then ‘none survived’. Oh.

funkycow · 2016-09-21T08:57:45.149Z

You could drive one of those aston martin electric cars from halfords!

funkycow · 2016-09-21T08:57:59.339Z

It’s not a great hit rate is it?

funkycow · 2016-09-21T08:58:27.599Z

‘Technically’. LOL.

the_ravens · 2016-09-21T09:03:24.552Z

If this thing takes off and we end up with a shortage of suitable heads they are going to have to be quite careful with the wording of any awareness campaigns

Gert · 2016-09-21T09:30:23.269Z

saw on the news they are doing tests on ‘braindead doners’ for the next year. Imagine if that was your job

funkycow · 2016-09-21T09:34:41.466Z