Message from @JeffDog
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post antibiotic era time
I'm pro genetically engineering smart people who out compete dumb ones.
...What?
genetically engineered people
cool
I work in Genomics.
now if only human cloning wasnt a thing of only fiction
What does that matter? Intelligence is an abstraction of which are genetic and epigenetic factors. The hard to predict parts are the epigenetics.
Why do we need to clone? We just need to modify the corresponding histone.
bioshock time then
CRISPR is great for gene editing especially cas 9
I think most politicians and people are dumb, so the whole thing is an annoyance.
That's where I stand on politics.
I tend to see intelligence as more important, I think, than most people do. Sometimes I wonder whether I overvalue it.
well intelligence is only part of what makes us human
Others tell me IQ is not very important, and I agree if what they mean is that working hard and having integrity are far more important, but acting intelligently is also very important to me.
True.
humans arent cold and logical
It's the part that makes humans survive...
emotions also are a part of humans
And most of the time, people don't attain higher IQs by trying harder or 'working out' their brains, so we can't fault people for having lower IQs than others.
This is why I dislike average people... They say really wrong things.
EQ, I think, is highly important also.
So I agree with you, laurentia.
@JeffDog , I am a Biologist.
since well humans arent robots that operate on pure logic
@laurentia , what is the purpose of emotion?
Nice to meet you, Rayn. I am studying physics.
Emotions are not novel, they serve a purpose.
What is that purpose?
i mean yeah of course they serve a purpose
What's that purpose?
without emotion we probably wouldnt have survived
How did they help us survive?
Love serves the purpose of furthering the race, not only through procreation, but by protectiveness, altruism, et cetera. That's an example of a purpose for an emotion.
i mean without emotion we wouldnt care for our children
or protect them
Snakes reproduce but don't love.
Why do humans?
How do you know snakes don't love?
lots of animals have emotions