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Chinese scientists revive brain that had been dead for 50 minutes (www.marca.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Who's brains are they using that's wild

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 37 points 2 months ago

Based on an informative documentary series called Futurama, they traveled back in time and took the brain out of a freshly-deceased Richard Nixon's skull.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was a pig's brain.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Oh duh somehow I misread that they previously used pig brains and assumed they didn't for this

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

It said "Abby Normal"

[–] ikidd 14 points 2 months ago

Uyghurs

[–] kamenlady 21 points 2 months ago

Ok it's official. Keep your Zombie Survival Guide nearby.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More new man-made horrors beyond my comprehention. Just like yesterday and the day before and the day before.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

[–] synapse1278 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No that long ago if your heart stopped, your were dead. Now if your heart stops we have good chances to rget revived even after several minutes.

This is another step in this direction. Pushing back the boundaries of death.

[–] InverseParallax 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, pretty sure what's coming back isn't the same you, losing even a few minutes of oxygen causes massive damage right now.

[–] barsquid 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Disconnected in a jar? That's horrifying. A live action Whisperer in Darkness.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm choosing to believe that without any external stimuli the pig's brain just hallucinates a comforting environment. Pig heaven. Please do not correct me.

[–] stupidcasey 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I won’t. We’ll just sit here and let you reflect on that hypothesis.

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[–] TriflingToad 7 points 2 months ago

to shreds you say?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm instantly reminded of the RoboCop scene where the brains they revived and put into robot bodies all went instantly insane

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Who hasn't been mentioned in anyone's bingo?

ZOMBIE PIGMAN

Whose severed head still oinks in it's lingo?

ZOMBIE PIGMAN

[–] TriflingToad 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that website is kinda sketchy, look at the sheer AMOUNT of cookie/privacy things that are enabled by default

[–] InverseParallax 9 points 2 months ago

... Yes... That's the only sketchy thing at all happening here...

[–] Lon3star 11 points 2 months ago

Robot Nixon, is that you?

[–] TriflingToad 3 points 2 months ago

what was it thinking about?