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If I understand correctly, techniques like CRISPR might allow for for gene editing in adult humans. If so, how much would you be willing to pay to have your IQ
by davidiach 11y ago
If I understand correctly, techniques like CRISPR might allow for for gene editing in adult humans.
If so, how much would you be willing to pay to have your IQ increased by say 10 points?
I think I would be willing to pay $10,000 if the risks of something bad happening because of the treatment would be low.
- qaq 11y agoY modifying genes of a living creature is obviously going to be a low risk procedure.
- RobertoG 11y agoProbably not, but it's not a problem, because you are only going to realize after the fact.
- dsr_ 11y agoYou would also need some way of re-inducing plasticity in the brain's connectome. This seems less likely to be feasible after adulthood. Also, IQ is a lousy measurement scale. Ten points means a lot more to someone with an 85 or 95 IQ than to someone with 120.
- xyzzy123 11y agoSci-fi story plot twist: it's possible, but your personality completely changes and you lose your earlier memories. You don't get actually any smarter, but you have a brief period in your life where you learn super fast.
- jp555 11y agoThe concept in the movie "Code 46" where the global elite take a virus to learn a skill always stuck with me. Skills based enhancement - becoming more empathetic or maybe more mathematical or acquiring novel light-sensitive retinal cells or biological radio seems more plausible than boosting "general intelligence" which might not be a thing at all.