Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 22 Jun 2020, at 22:48, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > When it comes to space colonization or a permanent presence in space we must > have some clear positive economic feedback. It is of no use to build a base > or colony on the moon, or even more outlandishly on Mars, if there is no >

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-22 Thread Lawrence Crowell
When it comes to space colonization or a permanent presence in space we must have some clear positive economic feedback. It is of no use to build a base or colony on the moon, or even more outlandishly on Mars, if there is no return on investments. Maybe solar power satellites and then mining

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-22 Thread Lawrence Crowell
It goes beyond just highly intelligent people. Complex brains did not evolve as such by adding neurons, but also with subtle recursive feedback loops to regulate it. For instance some personality disorders are linked to genes that express dysfunctional isozymes of monoamine oxidase

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Jun 2020, at 22:26, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 7:01:35 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > On 6/19/2020 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: >> A gene called "ARHGAP11B" that is found in humans and in no other animal has >> long been thought to be at least partially

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Jun 2020, at 02:01, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > wrote: > > > > On 6/19/2020 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: >> A gene called "ARHGAP11B" that is found in humans and in no other animal has >> long been thought to be at least partially responsible for humans having an >>

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-21 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 4:26 PM Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > *> insert additional copies of the ARHGAP11B gene to create super-smart > babies. The question of course is, what can go wrong with this? There are > potential nightmare scenarios for people so

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-20 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 7:01:35 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/19/2020 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: > > A gene called "ARHGAP11B" that is found in humans and in no other animal > has long been thought to be at least partially responsible for humans > having an extremely large brain with a

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-20 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:01 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: *So one gene made it necessary to abort because it might have a > humaness...which you must not abort because humaness implies a soul?? How > did our ethical guidelines become so

Re: Smarter monkeys through Genetic Engineering?

2020-06-19 Thread 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List
On 6/19/2020 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: A gene called "ARHGAP11B" that is found in humans and in no other animal has long been thought to be at least partially responsible for humans having an extremely large brain with a high degree of cortical folding. All other primates have a similar