I've heard stories of people having personality changes after organ transplants. I assume at least some of it is exaggerated, but I also think that—just due to newness and rarity and complexity—a lot of this stuff may be underexplored. Animal organ transplants seem theoretically good. I see I'm not the first person to mention the unethical pressure that human organ harvesting currently puts on. But while I'm not expecting things to go all the way to The Fly, I'm also more than a little wary of this headline.
My mom had her bowel bypassed for a little bit after having some diverticulitis surgery. And just that not even adding a new organ effected her personality. The trauma of surgery only will shift a person. Add the baggage of knowing something foreign is inside you, and that something might have been from a dead person is probably enough to fuck with most people.
I feel kinda stupid about it. I can't articulate why, but it feels wrong to use animals that way. Which is weird because I eat animals. I find cows and pigs adorable and I eat them a lot. And really I should support using the whole buffalo treatment, but I just can't.
I've heard stories of people having personality changes after organ transplants. I assume at least some of it is exaggerated, but I also think that—just due to newness and rarity and complexity—a lot of this stuff may be underexplored. Animal organ transplants seem theoretically good. I see I'm not the first person to mention the unethical pressure that human organ harvesting currently puts on. But while I'm not expecting things to go all the way to The Fly, I'm also more than a little wary of this headline.
My mom had her bowel bypassed for a little bit after having some diverticulitis surgery. And just that not even adding a new organ effected her personality. The trauma of surgery only will shift a person. Add the baggage of knowing something foreign is inside you, and that something might have been from a dead person is probably enough to fuck with most people.
I feel kinda stupid about it. I can't articulate why, but it feels wrong to use animals that way. Which is weird because I eat animals. I find cows and pigs adorable and I eat them a lot. And really I should support using the whole buffalo treatment, but I just can't.
I agree with you, and I don't think it's necessary to articulate it much further. "This is morally wrong" is a very useful response on its own.