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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
You can't exactly replace brain cells without forgoing their original neural connections.
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The awesome thing about the brain is that, if you were to put new brain cells on/in (whatever the word is) the brain the existing cells and the new cells would create new neural pathways.While I don't see this used as a way to replace a brain that had large chunks of it damaged, it can be used as a long time therapy to keep the brain happy and healthy.
I'm guessing that by the end of this century, if we don't blow ourselves up, we'll have enough understanding of biology, medicine, robotics, etc to extend our lives to hundreds of years instead of only decades. By then, hopefully, we'll have the capability to travel within the inner solar system so we don't have a huge population problem.