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Researchers isolate a pig's brain from it's body, keeping it alive and functioning for several hours (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean yes, I would want an extended nervous system (hotpluggable for other different bodies, if possible) and some sort of symbiotic systems (bacteria microbiome probably needed for an immune system anyway).

But other than that my meats and autonomic nervous system are defective so jar me up. So long as there's a self-termination sequence or something.