brainsz

[Zolar V]

can a living organism assimilate another organisms brain?

like i mean if you were to drill a hole in your skull then add grey matter from a organism. could your body assimilate it, assuming no infection or regection.

[insane_alien]

no.

[Zolar V]

damn.

[Mr Skeptic]

I would say it probably could, but doubt would be useful. You'd have to take nasty immunosuppressants for the rest of your life to prevent rejection. The brain cells would have to form connections with the other brain (this would be the most questionable step I think). I doubt your mind could understand the information contained in the other mind, and the interference between the two could prove detrimental. I don't think it would grant you additional intelligence nor the memories of the other.

[Zolar V]

i would think that if you could get passed the immunosuppressents then your brain could actually from connections. and if it can form thos connections it then can use the added braincells to do whatever it wants. it might be able to access the memories of the other brain but i would doubt it. if it could then i would say that it would be able to decipher them aswell. i think the brain is much more capeable than what we make it to be. for instance i think that if we were to add a microchip in the spine that is connected to the spinal cord. and the chip to a new limb. that our brain would be able to learn how to use it.

the reason why i say that would be because of "phantom limb syndrome" if our brain can decide that it has a limb and therefore do things with it, then it can also learn new things.