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doormouse11
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 Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject: 1 |
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http://www.rythospital.com/clyven/
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| By implanting human brain cells (grown from a human embryo's stem cells) into a mouse engineered to have Alzheimer's, Dr. Keyes inadvertently made a remarkable and startling discovery: she not only cured the mouse's Alzheimer's Disease, but the animal soon developed the relative intelligence of a human being. |
A 24-hr live audio feed lets you can listen to the smartest mouse in the world rattle around in his cage and squeak  |
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Courk
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:44 pm Post subject: 2 |
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| OMG! So if we start using mouse brain cells on humans, we can cure alzheimers and give the patients the relative intelligence of - oh, wait... |
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Jedo the Jedi
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject: 3 |
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| ...she not only cured the mouse's Alzheimer's Disease, but the animal soon developed the relative intelligence of a human being. |
I'm not quite sure I believe that. Can anything non-human achieve the relative intelligence of a human being? I don't think that's possible. Unless some animal starts talking to me in English, and telling me that they have the intelligence of a human being, I won't believe it. |
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Phil_The_Rodent
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:47 pm Post subject: 4 |
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| Jedo the Jedi wrote: |
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| ...she not only cured the mouse's Alzheimer's Disease, but the animal soon developed the relative intelligence of a human being. |
I'm not quite sure I believe that. Can anything non-human achieve the relative intelligence of a human being? I don't think that's possible. Unless some animal starts talking to me in English, and telling me that they have the intelligence of a human being, I won't believe it. |
*cough*
Maybe rodents don't have the vocal or mouth capablities to squeek in English. *ahem* and why, exactly, is English the language that rodents should speak in? English is actually pretty limited. There's only one word for, say, cheese... 
[P.S.: I do, in fact, have the intellegence of a human being.] |
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Dread Pirate Westley
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:18 am Post subject: 5 |
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If you don't include cheddar, gouda, limberger, etc.
This does, however, show promise for individuals such as Will and Death Mage, for whom the intelligence of a mouse would be a step up. |
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wordcross
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:18 am Post subject: 6 |
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It's a proven fact that Gorillas have the mental capacity for human language. Koko, who has been taught sign language, was able to tell her handlers that she had a toothache through even just her limited use of sign-language.
I want to know what it means by "relative intelligence of a human being."
Relative to what? I mean, a mouse obviously does not have the cranial capacity for enough brain matter to even approach human understanding, or even higher-thinking. Hell, there's barely room for a brain-stem.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? |
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Aarondalf
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:20 am Post subject: 7 |
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| It's not the size of the pudding, it's how it shakes. |
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Beartalon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:43 am Post subject: 8 |
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| My pudding doesn't have time to shake before it's devoured. |
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Guest
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:07 pm Post subject: 9 |
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| Then you need a bigger pudding |
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Rudy
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject: 10 |
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| Bear, I've seen your pics, the pudding looks like it's still shaking inside you. |
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Beartalon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject: 11 |
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| It's a sentient pudding, having been injected with my intelligence cells. |
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Courk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: 12 |
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| Mmm... smart pudding... |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject: 13 |
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| brain food? |
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