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Super intelligent, immortal, and free of cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer, and MS.

And with a single giant ear on their back. Don’t forget the giant ear.

(Weirdly, just saw a breathless article talking about how 3D bioprinting obviates the use of rib cartilage that the human-ear-on-a-mouse 25 years ago was also supposed to end).

gwern4y ago

Not sure why you're skeptical. That ear is physically on the human woman: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/health/ear-transplant-3d-... Even if it's rejected or otherwise fails later on, that's a long way from just-in-mice breathless talk.

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Phrenzy4y ago

Shh....! They can hear you!

sam_lowry_4y ago· 2 in thread

Put flowers on their grave

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon

CPLX4y ago

Don’t forget Mrs. Frisby

zeristor4y ago

And her backing band the Rats of NIMH

EarlKing4y ago· 1 in thread

Yes, but then we might get the answer.