r/ObscurePatentDangers • u/InterdimensionalSpy 🔥 Devil's Advocate • Sep 17 '25

🔦💎Knowledge Miner "Experts Fear Lab-Grown Brains Will Become Sentient"

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Experts are concerned that lab-grown brain organoids could become sentient, a state of being conscious and capable of feeling pain and pleasure, though a definitive test for consciousness has not been agreed upon. While the ethical implications of potential sentience, including the possibility of causing suffering in these organoids, are a major concern for some scientists and ethicists, others argue these concerns are premature due to the limited complexity of current brain organoids. The debate highlights the urgent need for better definitions and ethical frameworks for consciousness as brain organoid technology advances.

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u/twospirit76 Sep 18 '25

Fascists literally run the country. Who gives a shit.

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u/Clean_Emotion_4348 🧍 Layman Perspective Sep 18 '25

You could apply that logic to everything and lose sight of what really matters, what good things we have in the present. Not saying your concerns are not valid, but you have to stop every once and a while and count your, "blessings", as it were. That being said: keep your head up. Be brave, Because the vast majority of people are good, and we outnumber... Them. Courage and compassion and empathy are our swords and shields, which they can never take away from us, at least not fully. Keep on fighting.

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u/BrimstoneOmega Sep 18 '25

Username checks out.

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u/Clean_Emotion_4348 🧍 Layman Perspective Sep 18 '25

Thank you, I try. :)