Dear Mayor Cipere,
Thank you for the letter you sent regarding the Living Tech, I'm glad you're as excited to take part in this venture as I am. I completely agree, this brain and heart is an ethical pondering to be undertaken. To be completely honest with you, I don't hold it in very high importance. Sure, there's a brain there and even if it's not human, it could be considered an animal rights issue, but we don't even know if this thing IS animal. Did you know they can 3D print organs now?
Though I'm not sure if these 3D printed organs are viable, nor programmable, I feel it may be possible to create a brain through macchine, a brain with consciousness, however artificial. The only problem with this supposition, however, is that it's a prerequisite to understand neuroscience to a degree we do not yet understand in order to create such consciousness. This consciousness, I agree, must be treated with respect, but I argue, Mr. Mayor, that rights must be sacrificed in this instance; for, if we cannot understand what it is, we can't acccomodate and support this "creature" in the way it deserves. Perhaps it is just as needy as us, but we can't be sure of that unless we be invasive; even if I have to cause this little brain unthinkable distress in the process. These are the sacrifices I am prepared to make.
With all due respect, Mayor, I will not cease experimentation or research on matters of this nature. I appreciate and understand your request, as I'm uneasy about this as well, but this could be a scientific breakthrough as significant as the theory of gravity.
Thank you, once again, for your involvement in this journey.
-Dhaman Vict
P.S. No, I will not tell you my birth name.
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