by Jacoburline » April 12th, 2011, 10:23 pm
Brain transplants are an entirely different subject than "soul swapping" through hypnosis.
Also... You're probably overly optimistic about how far away brain transplants are. As best I could find...the best Robert J. White managed was to successfully attach the head of one money to the body of another with the ability to survive. There seems to be a tremendous difficulty involved with paralysis of the new body, which makes sense... (There's also the possibility of rejection by the new body.)
In any case, even if the surgery becomes medically possible within the next few years (which is...exceedingly unlikely, from what I've read,) I assure you politics will keep it from happening very much for a long time. We're probably looking at something at least 50 years away from being medically sound and readily available, and...when you look at the idiotic debates about abortion, more likely 100+ years away from that.
And in any case...if a brain transplant is not medically possible presently, then obviously Senna has not had one. So, there is no reason whatsoever to believe her claim that she has entered a new body through any medical procedure. You can accept her "soul" transplant through the acceptance of mysticism if you want...but I wouldn't personally suggest that. (Even if it was possible through mysticism, there should be some way to scientifically prove that it was done...and I am seeing absolutely no evidence of that.)