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This idea has always spooked me. With the right hardware, chemicals, pumps, nutrients etc, they could probably keep a brain alive indefinitely.
Imagine what it would be like. You might be conscience, but you couldn't see or hear anything, or feel anything either. You would feel completely alone, and wouldn't know dreams from reality. You would just be endlessly confused unless they also manage to connect some i/o devices that would let you communicate.
When I first saw this scene in Robocop 2, it freaked me the fuck out:
It scared the fuck out of me and left me with cold chills. The effects are top-notch of course, but the IDEA of it was really upsetting. Love it. :D
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