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Date : Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:33:33 -0500
>From : Declan McCullagh <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FC: Dawn of neurohacks -- How much would you pay for more smarts?
[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 <[log in to unmask]>
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.
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Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/
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