FC: Dawn of neurohacks -- How much would you pay for more smarts?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[How much would _you_ pay to boost your child's intelligence? My own 
mother, apparently quite mercenary in such matters, says "quite a bit." 
--Declan]

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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:24:49 -0500
From: Brian Atkins <brian () posthuman com>
Subject: dawn of neurohacks

(found some genes for intelligence)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_850000/850358.stm

I bet that splicing these genes into rich people's pre-kids will be
common by 2004. May or may not be in time to help much with Singularity.
--
Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/




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