Sometimes I wonder what would happen if we created a dolphin with a human brain, or an octopus with a human brain, etc. Are brains plastic enough to adapt? What if after learning how to use one body, the brain was somehow transferred to / plugged into a different body? Would it be possible to learn 2 different bodies and even swap between them at will?
Eh, we don’t have a way to mimic proprioception, so you’d basically have to constantly concentrate on every aspect of what you’re doing and rely on visible ques. You’d basically be giving yourself peripheral neuropathy.
It should be possible in theory, if expensive to do properly. Sensory pathways can be intercepted just like motor pathways can. So long as the damage or atrophy isn’t too extensive, it should be possible to recreate most aspects of a biological limb. In 100 years, it might not be an issue anymore.
If I had neural linked prosthetics I’d be down to try stuff like that
Sometimes I wonder what would happen if we created a dolphin with a human brain, or an octopus with a human brain, etc. Are brains plastic enough to adapt? What if after learning how to use one body, the brain was somehow transferred to / plugged into a different body? Would it be possible to learn 2 different bodies and even swap between them at will?
I think so, like cars are a fairly simple version of that. And if you’ve ever used a digger which is essentially a giant arm controlled by hydraulics
Eh, we don’t have a way to mimic proprioception, so you’d basically have to constantly concentrate on every aspect of what you’re doing and rely on visible ques. You’d basically be giving yourself peripheral neuropathy.
It should be possible in theory, if expensive to do properly. Sensory pathways can be intercepted just like motor pathways can. So long as the damage or atrophy isn’t too extensive, it should be possible to recreate most aspects of a biological limb. In 100 years, it might not be an issue anymore.