Boffins grow brains in petri dish
For a chunk of the 20th century, SF writers played around with various “brain in a jar” scenarios, and now, it’s come true. Well, only a little bit: it’s not a complete brain, and it’s a petri dish rather than a jar, but according to University of Pittsburgh researchers, they’ve managed to culture rat hippocampus cells, complete …
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New icon time already?
So we've only just had a icon update, yet this makes me think a brain in a jar icon may have been nice.
I, For one...
... welcome our new Brain-in-a-petri-dish overlords.
12 seconds?
Thats a lot longer than the tools I work with.....Can we buy these and get them implanted in people?
wait ...
You mean I'm supposed to have a Facebook page AND a brain ?
Give 'em human rights and the vote...
Then make millions of the things, send 'em to work and impose income tax on them. Bingo! Instant economic recovery! In a test tube!
Alternative
Or you could have the brains from Australian politicians, they aren't using them at the moment.
How long
I just wonder how long before they start to create brains that think in the way they want you to think. A new form of eugenics.
I wouldn't worry.
The only thing a cultured brain-in-a-dish is likely to think is, "AAAAAHHH! OH MY GOD! I'M A BLOODY BRAIN IN A DISH!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
Yes, but
Given its 12-second lifespan, it is likely to have a second thought. Then it really is time to worry.
Oh joy ...
They've just created the next generation of recruitment/HR consultants.
"Let me die... please, let me die...!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYebuwQ8RPw
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