"To let them come to be born, in my opinion, would have been irresponsible as a first step,"
emphasis on the "as a first step"
Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
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Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#12Did anyone else think about "Planet of the Apes" after reading this?
"God damn you all to hell!"
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#13Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
Another win for the heuristic "if someone says 'everyone knows X' it probably means X is false"
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#14Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
Yea, I was talking to a fruit fly yesterday... Wait no, that’s not accurate because while larger brains don’t inherently equate to more intelligence, there is a minimum size for any given level of intelligence. That said, this wasn’t a test of intelligence, just how cells grow in response to specific genetic alterations.
But larger brains in monkeys do equate to larger social groups (dunbar's number. monkeyspheres) and could be a necessary precursor to civilization.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#15Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
You'll never play Doom on a single NAND gate. Huge efforts in getting toasters, microwaves and pregnancy testers to run Doom notwithstanding.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#16These are the old news. I have read about this research several month ago.
Submit a recent article you think is interesting!
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#17Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
Yea, I was talking to a fruit fly yesterday... Wait no, that’s not accurate because while larger brains don’t inherently equate to more intelligence, there is a minimum size for any given level of intelligence. That said, this wasn’t a test of intelligence, just how cells grow in response to specific genetic alterations.
I didn’t realize that was scientific consensus. So that would imply that brains under a certain size are incapable of higher levels of intelligence? I don’t think that’s right... I thought the consensus was that brain size has no strong correlation with intelligence at all. That makes sense considering how neurons work, the connections they form seem like they would be more causal.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#18Did anyone else think about "Planet of the Apes" after reading this?
Literally as soon as I read the title.
Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#19Re: Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating evolution
#20Hmm doesn’t seem credible. Everyone knows that brain size has no effect on intelligence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-to-body_mass_ratio
With an extra caveat:
> Recent research indicates that, in non-human primates, whole brain size is a better measure of cognitive abilities than brain-to-body mass ratio. The total weight of the species is greater than the predicted sample only if the frontal lobe is adjusted for spatial relation.[18] The brain-to-body mass ratio was however found to be an excellent predictor of variation in problem solving abilities among carnivoran mammals.[19]