Could humans engineer an ape to be as intelligent as a human?

[Cainkane1]

Could scinetists through genetic manipulation over a period of several years develope an ape perhaps a chimpanzee with a head as big as a human head and a brain as intelligent as a human brain?

 

[drkitten]

Could scinetists through genetic manipulation over a period of several years develope an ape perhaps a chimpanzee with a head as big as a human head and a brain as intelligent as a human brain?

Almost certainly not. We don't know enough about the structural underpinnings of human intelligence.

 

[chulbert]

I reckon we can do this in far less time. Say, 9 months.

 

[rocketdodger]

Read "Startide Rising." One of the best sci-fi novels ever written, covers this subject in depth.

 

[Perpetual Student]

Could scinetists through genetic manipulation over a period of several years develope an ape perhaps a chimpanzee with a head as big as a human head and a brain as intelligent as a human brain?

Like Rush Limbaugh?

 

[BenBurch]

Some day, yes.

Today, no.

 

[Sunstealer]

Given some of the truther postings in the 9/11 forum I think the bar is set fairly low.

 

[NobbyNobbs]

Given some of the truther postings in the 9/11 forum I think the bar is set fairly low.

Given some of the truther postings in the 9/11 forum, I'd say it's already been accomplished.