Quiet_Orison
Quiet_Orison t1_iz4c0g1 wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Nicotine in Biopunk: Or, what can we reasonably expect out of rock, wood, flesh and bone? by schizoscience
The entire field of biology is predicated on the fact we are mobile flesh tubes full of sodium, potassium, calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous.
I don't think alienation from nature and the chemistry of life is insurmountable.
Quiet_Orison t1_iz4bnyb wrote
Reply to comment by maymaynibba in Biopunk: Or, what can we reasonably expect out of rock, wood, flesh and bone? by schizoscience
Skills are learned behaviors. Thus far, we have not shown that genetics cause learned behaviors. The question of whether or not learned behavior was heritable the subject of intense study and debate among early proponents of genetics.
Quiet_Orison t1_iz4i6se wrote
Reply to comment by maymaynibba in Biopunk: Or, what can we reasonably expect out of rock, wood, flesh and bone? by schizoscience
There's a vast gulf between "updating genetic code" to impart a new skill or knowledge and using a synthetic intermediary to exchange experience or memory.