> On 20 Jun 2020, at 02:01, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 6/19/2020 9:35 AM, John Clark wrote: >> A gene called "ARHGAP11B" that is found in humans and in no other animal has >> long been thought to be at least partially responsible for humans having an >> extremely large brain with a high degree of cortical folding. All other >> primates have a similar gene, but a point mutation happened between 500,000 >> and 1.5 million years ago and a single C was changed to a G in >> the human version. In yesterday's issue of the journal Science researchers >> report than when Genetic engineering was used to insert the human gene >> ARHGAP11B into the fertilized egg of a small monkey (a marmoset ) the result >> was a fetus with about 45% more neurons in the neocortex than a normal fetus >> and 3 times as many glial cells. A marmoset gestation period is 152 days but >> because it had a human gene in it the fetus was aborted after just 101 days >> due to ethical guidelines, so it's not known how such an animal's behavior >> would change if it was allowed to come to term. >> >> Human-specific ARHGAP11B increases size and folding of primate neocortex in >> the fetal marmoset >> <https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/06/17/science.abb2401> > > So one gene made it necessary to abort because it might have a > humaness...which you must not abort because humaness implies a soul?? > > How did our ethical guidelines become so irrational?
Easy. By forbidden or mocking the use of reason in the field for a Lon period of time. The ethic question is “do you accept that your daughter marry an ape, or a pig, genetically modified, and which, actually has a PhD thesis in the cognitive science, or physics, or whatever …? Should we consider as racist someone answering no to that question? Bruno > > I wonder how it would affect a dog? I'll be there would be a market for > smarter dogs. And where there's a market, there's a way. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1243db39-dffd-ab8a-b854-c125c09e676b%40verizon.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/1243db39-dffd-ab8a-b854-c125c09e676b%40verizon.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/C318BAC9-7231-41E1-8D40-C7D499AA6E31%40ulb.ac.be.
