Genetic Engineering: Giving Animals Consciousness

Clearly what I've been doing was focused on what might happen as a result of our ongoing research into recombinant DNA. What was the motivation behind it, and what might happen in the next year. This is more of a tangent with the recent work and how viable it is, and not much a theme into consciousness Insulin One of the least controversial methods of implanting DNA into nonhumans was featuring the work of putting human insulin DNA into bacteria. Normally, the shortage for insulin was widespread and was dependent on blood and insulin donors. And now, we are able to, through the power of millions of bacteria, harvest and distill insulin in enough quantities for an inexpensive cost. (Ignoring the artificial price hike from the distributor company management.) This raises nearly no questions of ethics because bacteria, some of the simplest organisms on Earth, are not capable of assembling themselves to work through to create a consciousness. That comes with another interesting ...

The deed is done. A supposed animal now has consciousness deep within the confines of a lab is now somewhat or fully able to reason, think, and communicate. While actually forming the words with a distended mouth may be a harder event to think about, the final ruling is official. Of course, now the wide effects have to be considered. Can these animals be considered pets anymore? Can they be sold? Would they be able to lead lives of their own, apart from humans. This makes me think that this is where I really want to branch out with the theoretical here. Now into social order, now into law, now into integration. I.e. the stuff I really don't know much about but would like to think about. Not necessarily all in this blog; I'll try to lightly touch on each, but the bigger projects would definitely come later. Courts There's still, turmoil, uncertainty, and excitement everywhere. And bear in mind, a lot of documents will have to be changed as an effect. Should Congress rec...

Fun Fact: Did you know that according to Live Science , FOXP2 is the gene responsible for human speech. Summarily, it is the differences within this gene across chimpanzees and humans that according to researcher Daniel Geschwind allows for the different abilities to communicate, and as I hinted to in the previous post, requires development of cranial muscle movements; something the gene has the full capacity to talk. Interestingly enough, the article concludes with the hyoid bone, a sliver of bone shaped like a U developed within our throats that gives us the ability to talk. Is this fun fact a big detail? Yes. Did I include it because I forgot to mention in the previous article? Absolutely. Now on to other matters... How Can It Start Try to picture the first time you had pizza. Surely the hot steamy vapors of gooey cheese, succulent juicy sausage (or pepperoni) with that fluffy buttery crust. If not, then consider the last time you had pizza. How would you rate the quality...

The idea of a genetically engineered organism is hailed as a sci-fi creation is, to the general population. To others more aware, the consensus is that GMO's, or genetically modified organisms in our food, are an 'experiment on the masses.' Regardless, it's happening. Whether individuals like it or not. I won't get into the debate of whether GMO's are good for us or not. So what's the likelihood an animal can receive consciousness? What are the chances of this happening? Realistically, probably really low. The amount of information stored in our DNA that we don't know yet is truly remarkable. We all know that the four defining molecules in DNA giving the actual information are adenine, which pairs with thymine, and  cytosine, which pairs with guanine. We can assume that one single base pair can hold 4 bytes, as demonstrated below. DNA Data Possibilities There are 6e9 base pairs in a human cell according to bitesizebio.com. Divide that in hal...