Head Transplants Are Weird (but not impossible)

[@zerstorer335]

I imagine there would also be an issue of donor availability. You'd need a body that's otherwise okay, but it's got no use for its current head. Even then, you can run into the ethical questions of if we use this one body to save / improve the quality of life of one person, or if you use it to save / improve the QOL of multiple people.

[@DrKaran]

Lots of issues to overcome yes

[@inteqtipz6291]

@@DrKaranWe were not meant to live forever ♾️. Death is part of life it comes for all of us eventually. Nothing good comes out of trying to play god by messing around with our bodies. Understanding how the body functions is one thing, body modification/manipulation is another thing.

[@drdoomgoat38]

​@@inteqtipz6291too bad we've been doing it for a while

[@thepatriarchy819]

Nice to see KZbin giving you an official bluecheck more-or-less

[@DrKaran]

Indeed!

[@sunnymeb]

@@DrKarancongratulations 🎉

[@maranathaschraag5757]

"several years of....dogged perseverance" I see what you did there... those poor puppies :(

[@ozzypunk1]

I have had three kidney transplants in my life and the biggest issue is the problems and side effects from the anti rejection medication. I think we can find an alternative to head transplant. But it is interesting to see what the future will hold. Love your show Doc

[@HadiAnimations]

I’m ridiculously fascinated with this idea, and I’ve recently wrote an essay on Dr. White and general results of the practice so far. I’m currently studying for my Pre-med masters, and I can’t wait to hopefully start my own study into head transplanting!

[@sunnymeb]

It’s crazy how fast it’s all happening! I mean, we kinda knew to expect it when people started freezing their heads/body. But this seems fast!

[@DrKaran]

Oh the body freezing stuff is grim

[@korrinl7749]

@@DrKarantell us more!

[@ali_rogue_]

​@@DrKaranIf you can, could you please do a documentary on freezing body's

[@hollowhunter7791]

uh oh, the sex bots are already in the comments

[@DrKaran]

Lol

[@chbu8346]

I want my brain in a robot. I want to travel space and stick around. To see where humans go or end. Then travel space.

[@Jake38nine]

Humans will end when the sun explodes and engulfs the Earth as long as humans don't cause nuclear war, which even as robot, you will not survive either one. You may survive nuclear war if you're in udnerground bunkers or in space, but the sun, nah. You'd have to travel space before the end of humanity unless you want to die with them. Either way, nature will claim us all. Whether robots or not. Go play the game SOMA. You may enjoy it.

[@codename495]

I feel likes it’s a body transplant… also, it’s insane and wrong with our level of technology. Better to put all that energy, money and intelligence into figuring out how to heal severed spinal cords and treating muscular dystrophies. Imagine getting a new body that is so different from your original that you cannot accept it. What if the skin color is different, or a different sex? This is terrifying as a concept.

[@Drak_Thedp]

Skin color is no problemo if it gives you the ability to live a full healthy life. The sex is another matter - the hormonal system is different, so the brain is less likely to adapt to it. The robotic body, on the other hand, sounds pretty much okay.

[@GogiRegion]

Major body dysmorphia and/or gender dysphoria issues indeed!

[@chrisgomez860]

That "doctor" shouldn't hsve recieved a nobel prize, he should have received a prison sentence. Freaking sadistic.

[@SushiSmith-s3s]

In my humble opinion.. just no. It's just creepy.

[@DendrocnideMoroides]

Your opinion is not humble at all, you are saying this because you have an able body, What will happen if you become quadriplegic? or have any other serious disease/injury, this will increase your life-span and quality of life so much. 1.3 billion people have disabilities in the world, just because you find it creepy does not mean we should stop a technology which could save/help countless lives.

[@mrlightwriter]

I loved the addition of Blender's Suzanne at 3:43 :)

[@oh_finks]

A medical doctor living in an entirely different country just called me a silly sausage, I'm not sure how to feel about this.

[@WhiteDoctor46]

Suprised ane caught off guard but happy and honoured

[@han4234]

Altered Carbon is becoming reality. It’s terrifying. I wish I was born 100 years earlier so I don’t have to deal with these scary thoughts.

[@rehman45]

What's the background music used at 1:00 ?

[@shenow6079]

It's like watching horror documentary 😮

[@saltynutzz]

Doctor, i LOVE THE THUMBNAIL 😂

[@GoronCityOfficialBoneyard]

Gene therapies are where the solution to rejection is going for organs, bit off in practical use but the research is impressive

[@dantemedici8179]

Just because you can does not mean you should

[@Phasednbased42]

Nothing ventured nothing gained

[@spasik_m]

If you can do smth, it can be needed for smth or smbd :)

[@LuciMorgonstjaerna]

You gotta start somewhere

[@MrCake-ic6hn]

You serious????!!! If this would be a thing, people who are paralysed or even dead now could still be with us! We should totally support this, the head surgery can literally save thousands

[@creeperboy292]

Dead people won't be alive if they get a head tranceplant

[@davedawson9851]

I've only played guitar with one surgeon. Spanish fella. We murdered the slow movement of the Concierto de Aranjuez together at a party and left it lying with all four paws up in the air. As far as I know he never mucked about with people's wobbly bits in a badly lit cellar to see if splicing people together in new ways would make him groovy enough to be in this sort of video but you never know. I've still got some trust left though. Thanks Raj.

[@helenstaniskov4570]

Thanks Doc, as an animal lover, I found this to be very upsetting! Wish you gave us a warning 😢

[@DrKaran]

I did, it was quite a prominent warning actually

[@helenstaniskov4570]

@@DrKaran my apologies if I missed it!

[@rogueredshirt5239]

He didn't explicitly say animals were harmed.

[@WhiteDoctor46]

It's ok it's in a better place now...

[@WhateverMan35]

9:20 Another drawback will be the device developing a fault...Which happened to the guy. I honesty don't think implants for that problem will be a mainstream means of using such technology for the reason I mention. There are devices that don't need to be implanted though at the moment, they aren't as reliable so far.

[@wmdkitty]

Forget head transplants, I want cyberpunk-style body mods.

[@NorthLoftier]

Thank you, Doc, for the properly informed video.

[@naturalmtnmama]

Wouldn't severed & reconnected spinal cord issues have to be solved first?

[@SandyTheSquid]

Dude, Doctor Who was right, we are going to meet cybers one day, thats creepy af

[@ukroadsandtransport]

I can't stop laughing at the thought of stitching two animals together perfectly aligned so it looks as if theyre clipping IRL 😂

[@resourcedragon]

I just want a new body. The backstory to this is my supervisor saying, "Does anyone need anything before I leave?" My friend called back, "I need a new brain." I followed up with, "I need a new body."

[@Maninawig]

Now I will have nightmares of chimeras.

[@poppy63765]

9:25 isn't really a problem once you understand how it works and it's basically impossible

[@Fandestdh]

9:57 From the moment I realised the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.

[@ClarePurves]

Where go you get the spare bodies from?

[@DrKaran]

Organ donors

[@sunnymeb]

There’s an old joke. Motorcycles = healthy young donor

[@Tofii1]

Haha before gta6 never heard that one before 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😕

[@3TDEV01]

A memory is not just a combination of words typed, The biological brain you were born with can't be uploaded and be an authentic human being.

[@Acacklingrugbug]

Now I'm kinda scared

[@sunnymeb]

Same

[@Gamerman-ln6kq]

Im fucking terrified

[@moviescene.....]

I have taken augumentin 625 thrice a day and Azithromycin 500 once a day for 5 days unnecessarily is it possible that my all intestinal bacteria dead?( Extrinct permanently) Please sir reply🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Andreamom001]

I’d say this is more of a whole body transplant. It’s not like if my head was damaged, a new one could be transplanted on for me. The brain and memories and personality wouldn’t be me. The person with the head would get a whole new body.

[@Anituer13]

We don't need to do this in order to live forever but i do agree that it could benefit so many others with serious medical issues.

[@asdprogram]

what if instead of another body, the head would be transplanted to a bionic body?

[@Thingcasual]

It is the brain makes you you. Do we need a body ?

[@tommasopieruz9132]

There's a great video from Jacob Geller about this and other related stuff, after this check that out also

[@dumamihnea9194]

I wonder how this would work.Like would it increse the lifespan of the one that has the head 🤔

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

My prediction for the future in this field is the developement of high fidelity chip interfaces which could either work as a bypass in case of spine damage where they would simply carry signals artificially over damaged areas, or in case of degenerative illnesses, where they would work as input/output hubs for data for prostetic limbs, possibly with some sensory feedback lik pressure sensors in them too. Robotic arms already exist. Now if we developed a whole external systems, something like full body braces with servos for muscles, the only difficult thing would be how to connect those to the brain, or the spine. As for the chip itself, i homestly don't see a reason why they should be hackable in the first place. In my opinion, a brain implant of any kind has no reason to be online. Sure, maybe to have some close proximity device for doing actual calculations and monitoring outside of the body with the chip alone sitting inside, but there's no reason for it to be connected to the wifi. I can imagine them looking something akin to insulin pumps - the contact device in body, with the main unit attached on the outaide for service access, system updates (provided by the healthcare professional during in person checkup), and so on

[@nazzkid23]

I love being a silly sausage lol :) Great video as always! Much to think about... 🧠

[@NoName-cx3gk]

I believe that in the future, they might create clones of individuals and then either transplant the original person's head onto the clone or transfer their consciousness into the clone.

[@maranathaschraag5757]

yeah - tech seems like the better options....rather than transplanting a head, is it possible to develop tech like we saw in Bodies (the netflix show) where Iris Maplewood had basically an external technological spinal cord? she was a paraplegic without it in place, but could walk when it was on. she took it off periodically to charge it. it's sci fi, but it seems plausible. obviously there would be scenarios where that wouldn't work, but it would cover a lot of things. i dunno..head transplants seem....creepy. maybe i've just watched too much Umbrella Academy. or too much TV in general.....

[@jamie5mauser]

Have you seen the movie “the island” with Scarlett Johansson? How they raised clones for this purpose

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

but the body rejects the head...

[@nursemikole]

Futurama, IRL. Cool.

[@newt2120]

jojos irl

[@martinicc67]

Pretty sure for head transplants to work we need to figure out how to fix spinal cord injuries

[@DrKaran]

Lots of obstacles..but it’s been done. Kind of

[@missd411]

3:00 WTH. Dog-goat-dog? 😂

[@ceresida]

Are some scientists within immunology toying with the idea of somehow teaching the immune system to accept foreign bodies (the ultimate goal being the whole complex transplant system)?

[@frankverhoeven8027]

3:59 Is he smoking a pipe - WHILE OPERATING???

[@codename495]

Are you suprised?

[@aniceguy6065]

This man knows

[@DrKaran]

👀

[@MissingRaptor]

It feels like GITS is right around the corner. Not even a distant corner 🤖 👍

[@codename495]

I feel likes it’s a body transplant… also, it’s insane and wrong with our level of technology. Better to put all that energy, money and intelligence into figuring out how to heal severed spinal cords and treating muscular dystrophies.

[@philipc7273]

im a silly sausage

[@natalinegloriana3430]

Why would I watch this video while eating despite of the title 😅

[@DrKaran]

Lol

[@anetteandersson2778]

❤this . Sidenote , al transplantations no mater what it is , the person has to take medicin for it the rest of their life

[@lakshaysiwach3652]

Dr karan after Bing watching black mirror, also watch love death and robots

[@cherylcalogero3330]

Creepy af

[@ngocduongtuan3988]

Dio!!!

[@LordCuthach]

The original sleeper agents: JJBA Fans.

[@EXtreamium]

@@ngocduongtuan3988 lol jojo reference

[@BRUH-ne2zf]

Kenjaku tutorial

[@LordCuthach]

First we have the JJBA sleeper agent, now we have JJK sleeper agents? What's next? Project Moon sleeper agents? TF2 sleeper agents?

[@HellsThorns]

Hello

[@sarahbethrehberger6792]

Sounds like a book called Noggin

[@lakshaysiwach3652]

But who would give the body?💀

[@loes6839]

Organ donors. Same with other transplants.

[@EXtreamium]

This could mean we could live 300+ years?

[@DrKaran]

Depends..with cloud based consciousness uploading..if that ever materialises..forever. Like altered carbon

[@bradleywhais7779]

​@@DrKaran good show

[@arjunrastogi4640]

​@@DrKaranconsciousness uploading would be more like cloning then immortality heck not even living a bit longer because when the biological machine which is responsible for consciousness aka brain ceases to exist u as an Individual entity would cease to exist whatever would be uploaded would be a different entity sure it might have all ur memories knowledge abilities it would be so similar to u that no one can differentiate between u two but at the end of the day it's not u it's a mere copy

[@shaymab7622]

What's the point of living as a consciousness? ​@DrKaran Feels boring and depressing and meaningless

[@Based_islamist_chad]

Nope, the body may be renewed but not brain

[@patek2385]

Of course he was french...

[@beanburrito8903]

When your rich 🤑 anything is possible 😉

[@axtrion888]

Ha Ha! 😂

[@Orbowitz]

I've always found these insane experiments incredibly interesting. As dark as they are, they're an unfortunate evil to advance our medical practices and technology to new heights. I can imagine if you did this on a human, it would be incredibly painful, and the patient would have to be on anti rejection meds for the rest of their life

[@nathalieduverna6963]

So, no head in the 🫙? Futurama

[@xy2447]

Is this ai voice?

[@ravaanighaemmaghamy64]

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