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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Wishing to become just a brain in a robot body sadly misunderstands the totality of the human body. It’s been shown that gut biome affects mental health, for example.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

One would assume that a robotic body would have devices and supplement cartridges for that, automatically monitored and regulated. The human body is a machine - but a robotic version would be actually optimally designed, rather than an endless variety of useful accidents. Even better, you can move the brain into different vessel shapes, each built for a particular purpose.

In any case, converting a fleshy brain's memories into an computerized format would be preferable. Unfortunately, I suspect that is hard to pull off without being lossy or fatal.