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> What advantages did the Neanderthal genes add (or take away)? The only way to really find out is to create a modern day living Neanderthal. There's probably d
by defen 11y ago
> What advantages did the Neanderthal genes add (or take away)? The only way to really find out is to create a modern day living Neanderthal. There's probably decades of research to do before we can pull that off, but some day it will happen
Do you want to create Khan? Because that is how you create Khan. If you're averaging a bunch of genomes to do this (e.g simple rank-based voting), and assuming most mutations are deleterious, you're probably going to end up with some sort of super-Neanderthal who is way smarter and stronger than the average human.
- kiba 11y agoFictional sources are not evidence in a debate or argument.
- defen 11y agoThe Khan part is a joke but the rest is serious. Nearly all mutations are unique and deleterious. So if you average them all out, you'll end up with an organism that is significantly more fit than average.
- PostOnce 11y agofables parables and other tales are simplifications and analogies that make boring or hard logic easier to grasp. The boy who cried wolf isn't about any particular real boy, but you don't need a real example to figure out that its not just possible but plausible. Must we always have a previous real example to govern the future? Some futures aren't necessarily repeats of history.