&gt;The human body does not literally require social interaction to continue operating. That&#x27;s just silly.<p>I wasn&#x27;t talking about you. I was talking about whether a human infant missing most of its brain and deprived of all social interaction, environmental stimulation, and physical activity would thrive and mature normally. It would not.<p>(Also, just for the record, there are things which aren&#x27;t possible to do, no matter how many awesome engineers you have.)