--- Log opened Sat Dec 08 00:00:45 2018 05:09 * adlai doesn't understand the whole "genetic harvesting needs opt-in rich jock consent" hubub. illegalizing slel-necking does not prevent its occurence. 05:10 < adlai> this kind of dichotomy might be why soma and germ lines split so early on, but... i'm gonna keep reading, for now. 05:14 < adlai> nsh: if binocular vision specializes early enough in a brain's development, that distinctly biases the kind of signal processing (read: dot product of idea against basis vectors of "higher processing") that can occur in the specialized neurons. 05:15 -!- nicedice [~nicedice@unaffiliated/nicedice] has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 05:15 * adlai avoids using the term "cerebellum", remembering a time when gesturing at its purported location could've been misinterpreted as "disconnect this one"... after all, it's not obvious that the cerebellum is the right place to deal with any kind of idea beyond "don't get hit" 05:16 -!- nicedice [~nicedice@unaffiliated/nicedice] has joined ##hplusroadmap 05:19 < fenn> there was no genetic harvesting 05:19 < fenn> it was an anti-aging gene therapy scientist complaining about how nobody wants to shower him with money to join his study 09:09 < kanzure> "Fast desktop-scale extrusion additive manufacturing" https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1709/1709.05918.pdf 09:21 < kanzure> https://www.wired.com/story/even-china-roundly-condemns-editing-the-genes-of-babies/ 09:21 < kanzure> hah are these guys serious "Immense speed comes with a cost. The city's own development has been hindered by an obsession with progress: In 2015, 17 buildings dramatically collapsed when a landslide of construction waste buried industrial buildings and workersâ<80><99> living quarters. The risk of careless gene editing could be even greater." 09:26 -!- nicedice [~nicedice@unaffiliated/nicedice] has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 09:27 -!- nicedice [~nicedice@unaffiliated/nicedice] has joined ##hplusroadmap 09:27 -!- mode/##hplusroadmap [+o kanzure] by ChanServ 09:27 -!- nicedice was kicked from ##hplusroadmap by kanzure [nicedice] 09:28 -!- mode/##hplusroadmap [-o kanzure] by kanzure 10:24 < nmz787> hmm, maybe we need to start pairing these "worrisome" incidents with "insane shit idiot people do" 18:07 < jrayhawk> i feel like there's more of a general sentiment that Chinese progress makes everything bananas https://lithub.com/modern-china-is-so-crazy-it-needs-a-new-literary-genre/ 19:14 < kanzure> hm --- Log closed Sun Dec 09 00:00:46 2018