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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Can JUST a head survive ?
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No obvious reason why not, but whilst an elementary textbook might show any organ merely devouring glucose and oxygen (science), the details of the plumbing and chemistry are very complicated (engineering - or biology, if you prefer).
Old Irish story: Traveller arrives in Dublin and asks the way to Cork. Bloke says "If I was going to Cork, I wouldn't start from Dublin". So here's the sales engineer's response:
The simplest and cheapest way of keeping a head alive is to leave it attached to the original body, which can process common foods and ambient air into whatever the brain needs. Our standard product runs on fish, chips and mushy peas, washed down with beer. Runs for about 80 years with minimum maintenance, and if you get a complementary pair, they will make another one - complete with head - automatically.
Old Irish story: Traveller arrives in Dublin and asks the way to Cork. Bloke says "If I was going to Cork, I wouldn't start from Dublin". So here's the sales engineer's response:
The simplest and cheapest way of keeping a head alive is to leave it attached to the original body, which can process common foods and ambient air into whatever the brain needs. Our standard product runs on fish, chips and mushy peas, washed down with beer. Runs for about 80 years with minimum maintenance, and if you get a complementary pair, they will make another one - complete with head - automatically.
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