Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/27/scientists-successfully-implanted-human-genes-into-monkeys-to-increase-their-brain-mass.html
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I, for one, welcome our future chimera overlords. Hurry up!
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This is fine.
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Or, in deconvoluted form:
It’s OK, we dissected the brain monkeys before they could be born
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Although conducted in Germany, the study was led by a French scientist, Dr. Moreau…
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I, for one, welcome our poo-flinging overlords.
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Next up, shark brains!
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Don’t they know what YEAR it is?!?!?
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Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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The really model fictional model for this is Bruce Sterling’s short story “Our Neural Chernobyl,” in which the brain embiggening gene is put in a virus. Which fortunately effects very few humans (the embiggening makes humans crazy) but civilization is suddenly plagued with intelligent raccoons and coyotes, turning parts of the country into no-go zones.
Dogs, however, begin setting knocked-over garbage cans back upright. They’re on our side.
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How do you acquire monkey fetus brains?
“Japan has similarly high ethical standards and regulations regarding animal research and animal welfare as Germany does. The brains of 101-day-old common marmoset fetuses (50 days before the normal birth date) were obtained in Japan and exported to the MPI-CBG in Dresden for detailed analysis.”
Apparently you can just obtain them. I’m pretty sure that a couple of nasty phases were left out from the description.
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To say nothing ot CHEMICAL X.
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Hard to imagine any possible downside.
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Bad idea, bro…
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We don´t need smart monkeys!
When are we getting catgirls/catboys?
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Sharks get human brains. We get shark-fin heads. Win Win.
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