Stem cells were grown and then connected to brass plates.

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    9 hours ago

    it is important to note that the article says that Alvin eagrly agreed to this experiment, and donated the blood for it. If that is true, then I don’t see any ethical dillemma in here

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      9 hours ago

      That is an important point that I missed in what I read of the article before I got grossed out. Thanks. I’m still not sure about this line of research because if (when?) they do make something that achieves a level of sentience, consciousness, or even just the ability to feel, will it be able to signal to us that it is happy, content, in agony, mental anguish, etc? The thought of being trapped in that situation is terrifying.

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        8 hours ago

        no, for sure there are limits. if you cultivated a whole functional brain, for example, would be dystopic af