Ethically sourced "spare" human bodies could revolutionize medicine

Dracophoenix · 2025-04-05T20:02:30 1743883350

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)

phendrenad2 · 2025-04-05T22:35:04 1743892504

I've been thinking about this. If we can create human bodies that never achieve an intelligence level beyond that of a sea slug, then surely nobody rational would be against using them for science. But where is the line? If the human bodies are as intelligent as, say, a mouse, are they then entitled to human rights, and can't be grown for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs? It's a serious topic.

conception · 2025-04-07T01:07:40 1743988060

RealDoll’s CEO perks up.

davidpfarrell · 2025-04-04T23:51:28 1743810688

Ethically sourced "spare" human bodies could revolutionize the market for unethically sourced "spare" human bodies ...

baranul · 2025-04-05T03:39:30 1743824370

Have the feeling that cheaper unethically sourced bodies would be the majority of the market, if ever usage of "spare" bodies were to happen.

hulitu · 2025-04-05T09:16:23 1743844583

They already did this in conflict zones.

It's funny how people strech the definition of things. But hey, if it worked for HD it shall work for everything.

scotty79 · 2025-04-05T10:28:45 1743848925

That sounds like wishful thinking. Body that doesn't move just wastes away. People are imagining perfect bodies peacefully lying down but it would be more like a something between neurology ward and hospice.

AlexErrant · 2025-04-04T22:03:53 1743804233

> We do not know whether the embryo models recently created from stem cells could give rise to living people or, thus far, even to living mice.

So it doesn't even work in mice... how about we get that working first. Then maybe grow chickens/cows for meat. Then write "revolutionize medicine" headlines.

fleek · 2025-04-05T20:02:51 1743883371

Can we please not make out-of-touch, old, rich people live any longer than they should.

They will be the only ones capable of affording this service. Reminds me of meths from the altered carbon series.

JoshTriplett · 2025-04-08T06:21:22 1744093282

Technology always starts out being available to a subset of people before it's available for everyone. This is the path that leads to making it available to everyone.

phendrenad2 · 2025-04-05T22:33:06 1743892386

I mean, if can mandate that "no out-of-touch, old, rich people" can "live longer than they should" to solve the problem, then we could ALSO solve the problem more directly and thoroughly by just mandating that "this is available to everyone". I don't make the rules, that's how this hypothetical works out if you think about it.

more_corn · 2025-04-07T04:15:06 1743999306

This is a terrible plan.

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