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Originally Posted by theapportioner
Why sentience? Someone in a persistent vegetative state isn't a "human life" then?
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We have the science to keep the clinically braindead "alive" for years and years (see the Terry Schiavo autopsy results), but should we? 10 years from now, I'll bet we could keep a fresh cadaver "animated" just as easily, but I certainly don't think we should.
The real catch is gonna be when we have something like the ability to repair massive brain damage. Where will we draw the line between repairing and replacing a "life"?
If I had my druthers we'd spend all the research money on digging up and reanimating Mary Shelly so we could ask her.