Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:20:38 +1300
From: Janskrit Virdee <lorax-AT-inet.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Brain stuff






bakunin-AT-hushmail.com wrote:

>
>           No matter how malleable the brain turns out to be, it is still
> governed by
>           its genetic heritage. For new connections to form with ease, the
>           underlying machinery must be in order. And the design of these
>           biochemical cogs is encoded in the genes.
>
>           But with advances in genetic engineering, even these constraints are not
>           necessarily permanent.
>
>           And so the brain, barely at the level of understanding itself,
>  may be on the
>           verge of changing its own architecture.
>
>           It will be up to us all to decide whether that is an intelligent
> thing to do.
>
>
>

Sign me up for some brain enhancement, every Saturday and Sunday morning,
to replace the neurons I pissed up the wall on the previous night. ; )
Lorax

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