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So hold on a minute - does this mean there might be some truth to the whole “eat your fallen enemy to gain experience” thing? That’s wild.
naw. its more like the nerve pathways through the body also have their own node-weighting long before they get to the brain. those are used in process sometimes allowing for memory-like function
its still a generated system that you cant just eat
Closer to that whole organ transplant affecting someone's personality I guess
Eating a dictionary to improve your vocabulary would be equally effective to that theory, and for many of the same reasons. (As far as information transfer is concerned)
No, because you're eating the flesh, so you're digesting it.
This is more relevant to organ transplants.
Apparently, it's a known phenomenon that some organ transplant recipients seem to inherit some traits and even memories of organ donors.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38694651/
Wow, these examples are so cool.
Food Preferences:
Musical Preferences:
Sexual Preferences:
Other Preferences and Aversions:
Memories:
Unfortunately, though, I don't see any mention of how certain they were that the recipients didn't learn these things before experiencing them