The psycological impact of organlegging, Who did your hand come from? Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[hyzmarca]

The thing about getting a second-hand limb is that you'll look at that limb every day and know that it isn't really yours. You'll know that it was cut off a corpse and that can produce psychological issues far more severe than one would see from a prosthetic limb.

This is best illustrated by the following article about a man who was so psychologically disturbed by his transplanted penis that he had surgeons remove the member after only two weeks.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,...1874818,00.html

I imagine that would be creepy if he ever recovered sexual function, for both him and his wife. It is literally someone else's penis.


So, this really raises questions about how much profit there would be in selling second-hand limbs. After all, word of mouth from people who have had their alien limbs chopped off due to psychological issues must severely damage the limb business. While most people who buy second-hand limbs ill be too poor to buy cloned limbs, it is just as likely that they would be able to adapt to the use of cheaper non-cyber prosthetics in many cases without the psychological trauma of having someone else's limbs.

For this reason, I suspect that internal organs will be far more popular than limbs could ever hope to be, including fifth limbs. Although, I suppose the fifth limbs will be in high demand due to their potential use in bizarre magic rituals.