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lokicramer t1_ismrz3s wrote

Reply to comment by EmbarrassedHelp in In a novel experiment, brain-like human tissue implanted in rat brains influenced the rodents' behavior by le75

If you created nanobots that could preform the same functions as living neurons, and had them slowly replace your own organic neurons, you could essentially become immortal.

If it happened slow enough, you wouldn't notice the change.

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noiamholmstar t1_ispkuvm wrote

Or would you slowly find yourself to be more of an observer of a fuzzier view of the world, becoming gradually more dream-like and less controlled, as more and more of your brain-function is replaced by artificial neurons? It might seem normal at first, but more and more often you might realize you were doing something without ever consciously planning to do it. Maybe a bit like zoning out while driving and realizing you don't really remember driving the last several minutes, but instead it's like losing the last few hours.

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