• Participants outlined a plan to mine the 1000 Genomes and GenBank datasets with machine-learning techniques to discover DNA variants correlated with intelligence, disease resistance, and salary proxies, while noting that overlapping Western patents often block commercialization of the resulting bio-devices and that China’s looser IP regime may offer a workaround.

• A debate on animal cognition centered on whether ritualistic or superstitious behaviors can serve as a psychometric proxy for intelligence; the group concluded that true learning requires generalization and adaptive model-building rather than fixed-action patterns, referencing the 2009 Proc. R. Soc. B paper “The evolution of superstitious and superstition-like behaviour.”

• Selective-breeding experiments were proposed to create animal lines with (1) heightened susceptibility to ultrasound neural stimulation and (2) expanded repertoires of complex ritualistic behaviors as measurable proxies for cognitive capacity.

• Bench tests on a 120 W Peltier element achieved a 46 °C temperature differential, but stacking multiple units to reach –35 °C for a cloud-chamber project was deemed impractical, prompting discussion of compressor-based alternatives.

• Cognitive-science links circulated included “How convenient! The epistemic rationale of self-validating belief systems,” a study correlating false-memory susceptibility with positive categorization ability, and a Springer paper showing that gross motor activity improves working memory in children with ADHD while slightly hindering it in neurotypical peers.

• The diyhpl.us/wiki/genetic-modifications/ and diyhpl.us/wiki/dna/projects/#igem-2014 pages, the 1000 Genomes AWS mirror, and the diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/neuro/ collection were shared as open-access resources for neuro-genomics research.