New knowledge for generations

[fiko]

Is there a research for new learned knowledge transferred by an organism for generations.

 

Thanks

[dmaiski]

only for large bacterial colonies and the such

in more complex organisims newly learned behaviours arent transferable at birth, only basic instincts and through learnig process as far as i know

[StringJunky]

I think Epigenetics is about as far it goes...a parent's experience via their exposure to environmental influences, like exposure to some chemicals, can influence their progeny without altering their DNA.

[dmaiski]

now this is a biology forum, so the next step is what cn be done to fix this grave error of evolution!

 

now the question is is genetic/biochemical or biomechanical?

 

in both cases you would need an umbilical from the brain to the womb/ovaries

so you would need to expand the spinal cord (for large bandwidth connection)

and add in some way to effect the egg or growing child

 

now for the genetic approach:

an interface to convert nerve impulses into what ever molecule you will store the data in

a high compression data storage system

(personally i would go with an organelle roughly half the size of a lyzosome composed of a dense RNA code nucleus encased in a protective protein sheath and intermittently stabilized with other proteins to prevent breakdown all encased in a lipid membrane with the sheath proteins being transmembrane molecules and allowing the contained data to be released when in memory neurons)

a method to transfer this to an activated egg

and a time release and guidance mechanism to ensure the organelles arrive in memory neurons, migrate through the colony in a homogeneous pattern and activate when the cells are ready for it, so as not to fry the memory cells

and proteins to read the storage molecule

 

for the biomechanical approach

same as before for the nerve link up

but in this case a neural umbilical would need to be engineered

this umbilical would go from the child brain (late stage pregnancy) to the mothers brain

and any data that the mother thinks is appropriate would be transferred to the child

this umbilical could even exist in later stages in life allowing quick mind to mind communication, and memory sharing

(think avatar but less blue and more practical)

 

 

 

 

 

thought experiments are good for your mental health and

 

“with great science comes great potential to make people say “O Gawds, what has science done, run for your lives”” you only need the desire and the insanity to pull it off.

 

(yay spider man quote sufficiently bastardized) (what you expected me to say responsibility?)