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    Genetic Engineering Intelligence

    As for NR2B, it is unknown if it performs a similar function in humans. Humans have evolved quite distantly from mice, and we have been given a lot of time time find different uses for the same gene...
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    Genetic Engineering Intelligence

    The thing is, we don't know what genes are actually contributing to the cognitive processes that manifest themselves as observable intelligence. There are just tons and tons of genes that impart function in the brain. What scientists have been trying to do is look for genes common to people with...
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    Genetic Engineering Intelligence

    It depends on what exactly you have in mind with the term "done". It is quite easy to change the genetics of a developing life form than one that has already developed. With our current level of technology we would well be able to change the genetics of a blastocyst and thus create a (likely)...
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    Dangerous Knowledge Documentary

    Hello everyone. I recently found this documentary which some of you may find interesting. In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which...
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