- Discussion of the news that Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who claimed to have created the first CRISPR-edited babies, was reportedly detained, highlighting the global regulatory and ethical backlash against germline engineering.  
- A claim circulated that the genetic distance between an average human and an Einstein-level intellect may be as small as 50–200 base pairs, prompting speculation that any nation able to identify and mass-produce such variants could gain decisive strategic advantage.  
- Counter-argument that historical “clusters” of genius (e.g., Hungary 1890–1920) already show such concentration without deliberate engineering, but at the cost of increased prevalence of disorders such as Gaucher’s disease and torsion dystonia.  
- Brief technical suggestion to “upregulate GRIN2B and a few other things” as a potential cognitive-enhancement target, indicating ongoing interest in modulating NMDA-receptor-related genes for intelligence amplification.  
- Link shared to a 2007 GNXP blog post presenting data on the negative correlation between intelligence and fertility in modern populations, with the caveat that the key figure uses a logarithmic scale, underscoring concerns about dysgenic trends absent intervention.