From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 08:48:05 MDT
On 2002.07.19, Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
>
> Engineered mice with extra beta-catenin developed enlarged brains
> with more cortex area and folding similar to higher mammals. No
> reports on performance (they were dissected nearly directly), I
> guess we will have to wait. My guess is that they might be tricky
> to rear (high metabolic demands, fragile skull) but it will be very
> interesting to see what develops.
Am I the only one who sees the Brain, from Pinky and the Brain,
as being a near-future reality?
:-)
-- Dossy
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"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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