You’ve seen instances of quadruple amputees, people losing their lower half and instestines, etc. After playing a bit of Deus Ex I started wondering exactly how much of a person needs to exist for them to survive (not talking quality of life, but just enough to communicate intelligently). How far could you do it with only natural parts and then how far could you go with artificial parts too?

  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    Yeah, as with most implants there are issues with biofilm/plaques and immunity. They are also not responsive to loading so don’t allow exercise, affect vasculature weirdly etc.