Hypothetically, that is.

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    Remove every unhealthy person and/or gene modify existing ones to eliminate every allergy orbodily defect caused by gene defect.

    Also gene modify so that theres no mental detorioration and humans die just because they are old and the nody can’t keep up with maintenance.

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        Remove every unhealthy person

        Well that seems very unethical.

        About gene modification, assuming it were to fully work without risks, it would still only be ethical if the patient were to consent, which not everyone would.

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    I find those rats with the NOVA1 gene fascinating. I wonder what would happen if we downright tried to give rats human-level intelligence? They are more empathetic than humans I hear, they would make the perfect replacement for our species!

    And another thing I would like to try, is to find a really big person, and see how far they can swallow me feet-first, before they run into problems, or one of us is injured.

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      I hope you cut your toenails first!

      That said, I doubt anyone would have an oesophagus wide enough to accommodate anything bigger than a hand, so you might need to choose a different host species and potentially, orifice.

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      How can rats have human level intelligence, if we as humans have to essentially consume the whole bodyweight of a rat daily, just to sustain our very energy demanding brains.

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        Good point. We should try something far longer lived, but good at surviving. Crocodiles? Nah…too much work to get them intelligent. Octopuses maybe?

        EDIT: Octopi just to avoid the annoying corrections.

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    Making a lot of clones of myself, raising them all differently, and seeing how many of them turn out in the same way as me.

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      Agreed, it’s an interesting thing to think about at least. The nature vs nurture debate is practically as old as time itself but it feels like we’re no closer to an answer outside of “it’s a bit of both.” But how much?

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      AFAIK genes only account for physical properties like hair color and shit, and upbringing effects everything else.

      Source: someone I met who claimed to be a psychiatrist told me and I’ve never confirmed it or that she actually was a psychiatrist.

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    Throwing somebody straight into lava in a volcano. Would be interesting to see what happens.

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    I love the story of the father who raised his son on Klingon until it became too awkward for modern usage.

    Thought that would be a fun experiment on my child. Don’t know much Klingon though.

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    Actually just stop allowing anyone with “defective” genes to reproduce.

    I am fully I wouldnt exist in this hypothetical world (-11 vision in both eyes), but I would be curious what would happen if we only ever let perfectly healthy people with no genetic defects have kids.

    Like would it eventually just become a perfect world where nobody needs glasses or asthma inhalers? Or would we die off because not enough genetically “perfect” people exist to make this plan work?

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      Any malady that could get through would, in theory, be able to destroy nearly everyone. If the response that would grant immunity to future generations were a mutation with a negative side effect attached, you’ve just ended humanity (assuming any survived). We’ve lost plant species to similar.

      This one example ignores a whole host of other problems with the idea.

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        Yeah it would devolve to being like people with freckles or something utterly superficial eventually

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      That’s sounds interesting it would also be cool to see how long before defective genes show up again

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    I’d like to see if we can build hybrid computer systems using cultured animal tissue (like Cephalopod or maybe GMO human / Cephalopod), basically grown onto an array of tiny wires. Push sensory information through the tiny wires and see if the lump of cells can learn. If it does, put it in a Eva. Or a butler robot. Or a robot vaccuum.

    Idk. Its an idea for a scifi novel I’ve had. Some company does this and what people don’t realize is the supposedly autonomous systems making their lives easier are fully conscious but live tortured existences. It would get more and more lovecraftian as the cephalopod hybrids some how take over (I was thinking maybe cancer? or networked mind) and start chopping everyone to bits. Maybe they try and eat them but they have no mouth, like how an octopus arm when detach will hunt and try to feed a non-existent mouth.

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    gather massive amounts of stats on the ideal amount of physical punishment to mete out to children to produce the best results in adults.