Cutting-edge scientists propose growing soulless 'spare' human bodies in artificial wombs for medical experiments and meat. The bodies would lack sentience and could revolutionize medicine by providing ethical alternatives to animal testing and organ transplants.
Key Points
Use of pluripotent stem cells to grow bodyoids in artificial wombs
Bodies lack sentience and are designed for medical experiments and organ transplants
Potential to provide ethical meat and alternative to animal testing
Proposal raises ethical questions but offers new possibilities for medical research
Pros
Potential to revolutionize medicine by providing ethical alternatives to animal testing
Could address ethical problems in modern medicine and avoid unnecessary pain and suffering
Offer a solution to the shortage of solid organ transplants
Cons
Raises endless ethical questions regarding the creation and use of soulless human bodies
Potential for misuse and ethical concerns surrounding the lack of sentience in these bodies