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“Instead, I have decided that someone else should stop me.”

The Verge •
October 19, 2026 • 05:44 PM
• By David Pierce
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> I understand the concerns. After all, I am attempting to assemble a living human being from dead human tissue and bring it to life with electricity, which isn’t generally considered something a person does after carefully considering the possible consequences. > But what am I supposed to do—stop? [Link: Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from Building the Creature? | https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wont-someone-please-stop-me-dr-frankenstein-from-building-the-creature | McSweeney's Internet Tendency]

“Instead, I have decided that someone else should stop me.”

I understand the concerns. After all, I am attempting to assemble a living human being from dead human tissue and bring it to life with electricity, which isn’t generally considered something a person does after carefully considering the possible consequences.

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