OT: Gene Editing and Smart Monkeys - Planet of the Apes?
Personally I use ALZ-112, but that's expensive even with full Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage. This is hope for our other simian brothers and sisters.
Scientists put human gene into monkeys to make them smarter, human-like
In reality I'm thinking this isn't such a great idea.
Yep, I'm taking advantage of this OT time of year.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:30 PM ^
Monkey pouring over the borders, build a wall!!!!
You anti-Simianite, you.
April 11th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
Nova was fucking hot
April 11th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
Johnny Number 5 disagrees. He didn't like Nova.
No disassemble!
Also, as far as I'm concerned Johnny 5 was alive.
Johnny No. 5 is now John No. 5.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:05 PM ^
COMPLETE WASTE of time and money. Why make apes more human-like when it's already easy enough to make humans more ape-like???
Hell, MSU's been doing it since 1855.
It appears Julian Assange is demonstrating this as he apparently enjoyed smearing feces all over his wall at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:05 PM ^
This is actually scary as fuck. But I think we'll probably be one of the last generations that aren't artificially enhanced through gene editing. Eventually those that can afford it will manipulate their kids into being tall and healthy with a 140 IQ.
The great unwashed masses will fall further behind as they'll be even more unable to compete with the new supermen.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
First Idiocracy is realized, now it's Gattica...
April 11th, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Planet of the Apes, or Island of Dr. Moreau?
IiRC, Moreau was about genetics and ethics of cross breeding gone wrong.
April 11th, 2019 at 12:14 PM ^
Very underwhelmed by the article linked by the OP. Doesn't even give the researchers names or link their research. So with a little searching, here you go:
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwz043/5420749
Thank you all for the responses, those were fun to read. I've upvoted you all.
My theory is that about a decade ago, clever monkeys escaped from the NIH research labs in Bethesda, MD and scattered. One by one, they all opened social media accounts on a variety of platforms.
They now spend their days commenting on the news. Their thinking is primitive. They don't spell well. But man, do they love getting into shit-throwing fights.
Yea sure, and the earth is flat. There is absolutely no truth to Sopwith's comment. Nobody listen to these conspiracy theories.
great. just great. a flying dog arguing with a chimp. just [expletive] great....
Beagles are cool though.
meh. humans are gonna human. we are natural experimenters. we find out new technologies and try to apply them to things that we probably shouldn't, but from that, we learn more and more.
As a scientist, though, I am fascinated by this
Maniacs
Planet of the apes? Not if the turtles have their say..
Nah. Too slow. As evidenced by you not getting your post up until the second page.