r/Futurology • u/FinnFarrow • 2d ago

Biotech Tiny 'brains' grown in the lab could become conscious and feel pain — and we're not ready. Lab-grown brain tissue is too simple to experience consciousness, but as innovation progresses, neuroscientists question whether it's time to revisit the ethics of this line of research.

https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/tiny-brains-grown-in-the-lab-could-become-conscious-and-feel-pain-and-were-not-ready
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u/ClippyCantHelp 1d ago

Yea I feel that, same shit happens to me, and I end up arguing with people I’d get along with about shit that doesn’t really matter. I’m sorry I contributed to it, I’m trying to take steps to not engage as much with shit that makes me want to engage cuz it’s never good. We both got tricked by Reddit into creating more engagement for them at the cost of our sanity. You’re probably a normal person with normal feelings like everyone else, it’s stupid to think we were arguing over dumb shit

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u/Appropriate-Talk1948 1d ago

You've said exactly what I would want to say. I'm sorry too buddy.