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> Now that we know that CRISPR-style genesplicing is possible, it seems likely that it could be taught as well. In other words, go into a trance and mutate your

• carapace 7y ago
  It's not easy to unpack the train of thought there, and it would take a book (at least) to do it justice. Let me see if I can sum it up... Your brain is a powerful feedback-based information processor. It's whole deal is to get your DNA into the future. Now it's learned about the existence of DNA. (Maybe from reading Dawkins.) And it's also learned about easy gene splicing with CRISPR. So as a bio-computer dedicated to self-replication, it has entered into a very strange loop. I'm saying that this loop doesn't require any external hardware. You have a brain, you have cells, they are already connected, so you have your lab and Neural Network General (non-)AI already. If you can convince your brain to try it (and this is where hypnosis comes into play) there is no reason to suspect that it wouldn't be able to figure out how to self-hack your own DNA. Just explain what to do and let 'er rip.