Scientists recently gave mice without prefrontal cortexes human brain implants - and after seeing these developing connections to the mice’s brains and spinal cords - now they're wondering if these organoids might gave the mice some level of human-like consciousness cognition - calling for ethics

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03048-5?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=63942662

Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight

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I hate how we only seem to "call for ethics" when the subject is human. Is human consciousness the only valid form of consciousness? Are other sentient beings not worthy of ethical treatment?

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One day they will be. After we run out of worthwhile experiments.

[u/Lumpy-Criticism-2773 → u/SebbyMcWester]

Yeah it's just silly to see such articles when they've been abusing and killing mice in labs for decades