[Misc] I sold my brain today - what are your coolest antiquities?

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jcdenton08

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I was curious what ChatGPT had to say about this, I know you’re a big fan of its application.


In Sweden, the possession of human body parts is tightly regulated under various laws relating to health, ethics, and public safety. Here’s a breakdown of the legal situation:

1. Human body parts and Swedish law

Possession of human body parts is not generally legal unless it is specifically authorized for medical, scientific, or educational purposes. The relevant legislation includes:


2. Key Laws Involved

a. Transplantation Act (Transplantationslagen, 1995:831)

• Regulates the removal, donation, and transplantation of organs and tissues.

• Human body parts can only be removed and used with consent and for legitimate medical or research purposes.

b. The Burial Act (Begravningslagen, 1990:1144)

• Covers the handling of remains and requires respectful treatment of human remains.

• Unauthorized possession or mishandling of body parts can be considered disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid), which is a criminal offense.

c. Ethical Review Act (Lag om etikprövning av forskning, 2003:460)

• Governs research involving human material. Any use of human body parts in research must go through ethical review.


3. Criminal Aspects

Possessing human body parts outside approved contexts (e.g., collecting skulls, bones, or organs privately) could lead to criminal charges such as:

• Griftefridsbrott – disturbing the peace of the dead (e.g., stealing or mishandling remains).

• Brott mot lagen om transplantationsverksamhet – violation of the transplantation law.

Penalties can include fines or imprisonment, depending on the severity and context.


4. Cultural and Ethical Context

Swedish law reflects strong ethical norms about bodily integrity and dignity after death. Handling of human remains is expected to be done with respect and purpose, typically medical or scientific.


You may very well have just publicly confessed to a serious crime.
 


Han Solo

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May 25, 2024
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I was curious what ChatGPT had to say about this, I know you’re a big fan of its application.


In Sweden, the possession of human body parts is tightly regulated under various laws relating to health, ethics, and public safety. Here’s a breakdown of the legal situation:

1. Human body parts and Swedish law

Possession of human body parts is not generally legal unless it is specifically authorized for medical, scientific, or educational purposes. The relevant legislation includes:


2. Key Laws Involved

a. Transplantation Act (Transplantationslagen, 1995:831)

• Regulates the removal, donation, and transplantation of organs and tissues.

• Human body parts can only be removed and used with consent and for legitimate medical or research purposes.

b. The Burial Act (Begravningslagen, 1990:1144)

• Covers the handling of remains and requires respectful treatment of human remains.

• Unauthorized possession or mishandling of body parts can be considered disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid), which is a criminal offense.

c. Ethical Review Act (Lag om etikprövning av forskning, 2003:460)

• Governs research involving human material. Any use of human body parts in research must go through ethical review.


3. Criminal Aspects

Possessing human body parts outside approved contexts (e.g., collecting skulls, bones, or organs privately) could lead to criminal charges such as:

• Griftefridsbrott – disturbing the peace of the dead (e.g., stealing or mishandling remains).

• Brott mot lagen om transplantationsverksamhet – violation of the transplantation law.

Penalties can include fines or imprisonment, depending on the severity and context.


4. Cultural and Ethical Context

Swedish law reflects strong ethical norms about bodily integrity and dignity after death. Handling of human remains is expected to be done with respect and purpose, typically medical or scientific.


You may very well have just publicly confessed to a serious crime.

No worries. Educational piece (y)

Go back to your video games.
 








chip

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Jul 7, 2003
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Glorious Goodwood
I have some poison arrows for a blowpipe from Borneo. I haven’t told the copper friend I have them, since they looked disapprovingly at the 1890s truncheon I have hanging on a hook in the kitchen.
Does that truncheon look anything like the one I have hanging up by the fireplace in the study?
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Cotton Socks

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Feb 20, 2017
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Its a glass box filled with some liquid and the different numbered parts of a human brain. On the side of it, there's a key to the numbers.

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I also managed to find this sick lung originating from some German museum:
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These two masterpieces, along with a bunch of other stuff, were found in the basement of a school that ceased to exist and couldn't be arsed getting rid of their stuff. Happy to help them.
That makes a bit more sense. :lolol:
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
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Just to say, @Han Solo , this is a cool thread.

The only three things of interest I have are the first Clash album signed by Joe Strummer,
a hand written letter from John Peel,
and a beautiful letter written with a fountain pen from my dad.
 




Goldstone1976

We got Calde back, then lost him again. Calde in!!
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Apr 30, 2013
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Herts
Sounds cool. What are they? Art? Door knobs? Sarcophages?
Ha. Two little hand made artefacts. Both bowls (ish). One a circular stone unguent container 3000 BC(E), the other a truly lovely oval stone container (oil??) 3500 BC(E). I could take and post photos if you’re that interested…
 


Han Solo

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May 25, 2024
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Ha. Two little hand made artefacts. Both bowls (ish). One a circular stone unguent container 3000 BC(E), the other a truly lovely oval stone container (oil??) 3500 BC(E). I could take and post photos if you’re that interested…
Nah... not quite Ancient Aliens enough for me to be that interested. Very cool thing to have at home though, don't think I've owned any BC stuff. Wonder how much IKEA stuff will be around in 5000 years.
 


Happy Exile

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Apr 19, 2018
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I collected anything I found interesting as a child, still have a few Roman and Ancient Greek coins, saintly relics (mostly bits of cloth in some kind of small medallion), random war medals and trench art bought for pocket money prices in the 80s. All somewhere in the loft. Growing up somewhere with a bit of history I used to scour building sites and ploughed fields for antiquities and my favourite find is most of a Bellarmine jug I found when I was about 7 in what the local museum told me was a known waste site for one of Henry VIII’s palaces.

The most curious though is a silver cigarette case I found while taking a short cut home. It was lying battered in a field, this was in Surrey. Cleaned it up and scratched into the surface were places and dates and it had obviously belonged to a soldier in Hitler’s army in WW2. To add to the oddness of it turning up in a field in Surrey was that he’d clearly fought in the occupation of Norway in 1940, where an ancestor of mine had been killed fighting for the Green Howards.

A few years ago I went to my ancestor’s grave near Otta, then to Oslo for the chopping down of the tree that ends up in Trafalgar Square at Christmas and did a photo essay for the family and I think the Green Howard’s museum used some of the photos one year (I gave them to them), something I wouldn’t have done had I not found that cigarette case and gone more into the story. All goes full circle.
 
























DJ NOBO

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Jul 18, 2004
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Best I can offer is the chewitts 1991/92 away shirt
 


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