Can you transplant a head to another body? - Max G. Levy
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Published 2024-06-04
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In 1970, neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carted two monkeys into an operating room to conduct an ambitious experiment. The objective was to connect the head of Monkey A to the body of Monkey B, in what he considered a whole-body transplant, with the ultimate goal of one day performing this surgery on humans. Is such a feat even medically possible? And is it ethical? Max G. Levy investigates.
Lesson by Max G. Levy, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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All Comments (21)
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the background music was scarier than the video
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I try not to lose my head over this matter.
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That poor monkey had to suffer the worst cosmic horror ever imagined wtf
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What did Jeff Goldblum say once, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”?
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That thumbnail will give me nightmares forever.
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What an eerie background music. Scared the life out of me.
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Me continuously imagining myself in place of those monkey 😣 waking up paralyzed with plastic connected tubes 😵💫 .And I am a mind with a body
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I’m confident in saying I’d rather die with my own body than live paralysed with someone else’s
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I wonder if I still can call myself ‘myself’ even if my head is somebody else’s.
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I suppose Jonathan Joestar won't be too pleased about it.
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There’s a real “Ship of Theseus” vibe to this one.
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Poor monkeys 🙁
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This video, along with the music, was so unnerving. I feel like I need to take another shower
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Me @ 1am: 1 more video before I sleep The 1 video 😐
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I don't know why but after watching this I suddenly feel a phantom pain around my neck somewhere...
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The music in this video is ridiculous😭😭😭😭
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some questions just need to be left alone
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A lot of potential for both good and harm with a procedure like this. I remember a couple years ago reading about a Russian guy with muscular dystrophy volunteering to transplant his head, but I guess it never followed through due to the ethical and safety concerns. I wonder who could even consent to donate their body for this type of procedure?
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Well, I guess that's one way to get a head in life!
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So. No head?
