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This guy thinks gene A makes you smarter, gene B makes you stronger, gene C makes you taller. And then rich people will buy gene A, B, C and become smarter, str
by credit_guy 7y ago
This guy thinks gene A makes you smarter, gene B makes you stronger, gene C makes you taller. And then rich people will buy gene A, B, C and become smarter, stronger, taller, and then richer still. And poor people will be poor forever.
In reality gene A makes a protein a, which triggers an increase in the expression of genes B,C,D, and a decrease in the expression of genes E,F,G. They in turn trigger other and other effects, so there's a cascade of cause-effects that we have no chance to model/simulate/understand, at least not now, and not in the next 30-50 years. The end result is that gene A may make you smarter, but also more prone to macular degeneration or leukemia. Do you think rich people will take the chance ?
- joquarky 7y agoI've long wondered if genes are more like seeds to a fractal. Evolution works great, but I suspect it results in a chaotic system.